Dr. Arindrajit Dube
Professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specializing in minimum wage policies and pay.
Top 3 podcasts with Dr. Arindrajit Dube
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Apr 7, 2026 • 49min
The Wage Standard: What’s Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It (with Arin Dube)
Arindrajit Dube, economist and UMass Amherst professor who studies wages and labor policy. He challenges the idea that wages simply follow productivity. The conversation explores why wages diverged from profits, employer market power and monopsony, minimum wage research and border studies, sectoral wage standards, and policies to rebuild middle-class pay.
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Feb 23, 2024 • 39min
"We’re Seeing a Fundamental Reorganization of Work in America"
Dr. Arindrajit Dube, an economics professor at UMass Amherst, dives into real wage growth and its implications for inequality. He shares insights on how real wages for the poorest workers are rising, leading to a shrinking Black-white wage gap. Dube emphasizes a significant shift in the American workforce, likening it to changes seen in the mid-20th century. They discuss how job mobility affects wage growth and the enduring value of college education, despite economic discontent among many workers.
Jun 20, 2026 • 54min
Arindrajit Dube on Wages
Arindrajit Dube, labor economist at UMass Amherst and author of The Wage Standard, explains why wages move the way they do. He contrasts textbook markets with firm-level pay discretion. He revisits the minimum wage research revolution, the Great Compression and institutional drivers of pay, sectoral bargaining, post-COVID wage compression, and policy choices around AI and labor share.
