Arindrajit Dube
Research Economist
(510) 642-9951
adube@berkeley.edu
Curriculum Vitae (Job Market Candidate, 2008; Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics; Health Economics)
References: David Card, Richard Freeman, Michael Greenstone, Michael Reich
Biography
Arindrajit Dube is a labor economist who received his BA in Economics and MA in Development Policy from Stanford, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.
His current work includes: the impact of minimum wage around state borders; the impact of labor relations in hospitals on patient health outcomes; the effects of employer mandates on health benefits
His past work includes the assessment of the impact of the San Francisco minimum wage ordinance; the impact of outsourcing of labor services; how trade and capital mobility affects the labor market; changes in employment based health coverage in response to rising employee contributions; and the public cost of low wage jobs.
Published Papers
“Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties,” with T. William Lester and Michael Reich. Accepted for Publication, Review of Economics and Statistics.
“Does Outsourcing Reduce Wages in the Low-Wage Service Occupations? Evidence from Janitors and Guards,” with Ethan Kaplan. Accepted for Publication , Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
"Complementarity of Shared Compensation and Decision-Making Systems: Evidence from the American Labor Market" with Richard Freeman, in Blasi, Kruse and Freeman ed. Economics of Shared Capitalism (NBER Conference Volume: Chicago Press, forthcoming).
NBER Working Paper available here.
“The economic impacts of a citywide minimum wage,” with Suresh Naidu and Michael Reich. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 2007.
“Aggregate demand externalities and labor supply decisions: Worker discouragement and market inefficiency,” with Ethan Kaplan, Economics Letters, September 1997.
Papers Submitted for Publication, and Other Current Projects
“Firm Entry and Wages: Impact of Wal-Mart Growth on Earnings Throughout the Retail Sector,” with T. William Lester and Barry Eidlin. Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics.
"Coups, Corporation and Classified Information" with Ethan Kaplan and Suresh Naidu
See Slate Article on the Paper here
"Labor Market Frictions and Minimum Wages: Evidence from Cross-State Commuting Zones"
"Employer Response to Pay or Play Health Mandates: Evidence from San Francisco," with William Dow and Carrie Hoverman
"Nurse Unionization, Labor Relations and Patient Health Outcomes," with Ethan Kaplan and Alexandre Mas.
"Reallocation and Congestion Effects of Hospital Closures," with Annika Frohloff, Ethan Kaplan and Alexandre Mas.
"Occupational Transformation and Mexican Migration," with and Todd Sorensen.
“Trade Liberalization and Wages: The Importance of the Bargaining Channel,” with Sanjay Reddy.
Policy Analyses and Non-Technical Pieces
“Where Have All the Wages Gone?”
with Dave Graham-Squire, August 2006.“Declining Job-Based Health Coverage for Working Families in California and the United States,”
with Ken Jacobs, Sarah Muller, Bob Brownstein, and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, January 2006. “Wal-Mart and Job Quality – What Do We Know, and Should We Care?”
with Steve Wertheim, October 2005.“Minimum Wage and the California Economy: The Economic Impact of AB 48,”
with Michael Reich and Gina Vickery, September 2005.“Are We Recovering Yet? Jobs and Wages in California over the 2000-2005 Period,”
August 2005.“Kids at Risk: Declining Employer-Based Health Coverage in California and the United States: A Crisis for Working Families,”
with Ken Jacobs, Sarah Muller, Bob Brownstein, and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, August 2005.“Falling Apart: How Adults are Faring in the Crisis of Job-Based Health Insurance in California and the United States,”
with Ken Jacobs, Sarah Muller, Bob Brownstein, and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, June 2005.“Are Jobs Getting Worse? The Evolving Distribution of Wages and Job Composition over the 2001 to 2004 period,”
October 2004.“Hidden Cost of Wal-Mart Jobs,”
with Ken Jacobs, August 2004. “The Hidden Public Cost of Low Wage Jobs in California,” with Carol Zabin and Ken Jacobs, State of California Labor 2004, University of California Institute for Labor and Employment, May 2004.
“Research Brief: Productivity Impact of Health Care Reform in California,”
2003.“2003 California Establishment Survey: Preliminary Results on Employer Based Healthcare Reform,”
with Michael Reich, 2003.“Paid Family Leave in California: An Analysis of Costs and Benefits,”
with Ethan D. Kaplan, 2002.