Book:
- The Wage Standard: What’s Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It — Penguin Random House, 2026. See the book page for events, press, and reviews.
Research Papers:
- “Labor Market Effects of California’s $20 Fast-Food Minimum Wage” NBER Working Paper No. 35171 (May 2026).
- “City Limits: What do Local-Area Minimum Wages Do?” with Attila Lindner. 2021. Journal of Economic Perspectives .
- “The effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs” with Doruk Cengiz, Attila Lindner and Ben Zipperer. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2019 (Vol. 134, Issue 3). Older version from February 2018.
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- Research Brief
- Media coverage: US News, CNN, Slate, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post (2), Boston Globe, BBC, NPR, Vox.com
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- “Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes”. American Economic Journal – Applied. (2019). (Older versions: February 2017, December 2013.
- WCEG Research Brief
- Press coverage: Vox.com, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, New York Times, NPR
- Replication package
- “Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies: A Response to Neumark, Salas and Wascher” with Sylvia Allegretto, Michael Reich and Ben Zipperer. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017 (Vol. 70, Issue 3).
- “Pooling Multiple Case Studies using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies” IZA Discussion Paper 8944 with Ben Zipperer (March 2015)
- “Minimum Wage Shocks, Employment Flows, and Labor Market Frictions” with T. William Lester and Michael Reich. Journal of Labor Economics (forthcoming). This version: Oct 2014. Nov 2013 version here. April 2012 version here. IZA Discussion Paper from 2011 available here.
- “Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes” (January 2014)
- “Minimum Wages and Aggregate Job Growth: Causal Effect or Statistical Artifact?” IZA Discussion Paper 7674 (October 2013).
- “Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies” with Sylvia Allegretto, Michael Reich and Ben Zipperer. IZA Discussion Paper 7638 (September 2013). Older version from June 2013 available here.
- “Do Minimum Wages Really Reduce Teen Employment? Accounting for Heterogeneity and Selectivity in State Panel Data” with Sylvia Allegretto and Michael Reich. Industrial Relations, March 2011.
- “Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties” with T. William Lester and Michael Reich. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010 (Vol.92, Issue 4).
- “The economic impacts of a citywide minimum wage” with Suresh Naidu and Michael Reich. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, July 2007.
Essays, Op-eds, and Blog Posts:
- “A Minimum Wage Natural Experiment Has Been Running for Over a Decade” — Substack, June 10, 2026.
- “How to Save the Middle Class” — The Boston Globe, May 14, 2026.
- “The Affordability Crisis Is a Wage Crisis” — Washington Monthly, April 28, 2026.
- “Oklahoma voters consider raising minimum wage to $15” — The Journal Record, April 28, 2026.
- “America’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Really a Pay Crisis” — TIME, April 10, 2026.
- “These Republican-leaning States Went Big on Minimum Wages. Here’s What Happened to their Restaurant and Retail Jobs.” — Substack, April 8, 2026.
- “Impacts of Minimum Wages: Review of International Evidence” – Report prepared for Her Majesty’s Treasury (UK), 2019.
- “Making a Case for a Higher Minimum Wage” – Essay in The Milken Review, 2019.
- Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes in the United States [WCEG Research Brief] April 2017
- CITY LIMITS: US city minimum wages and their relevance for the UK [Resolution Foundation chapter] March 2015
- Designing Thoughtful Minimum Wage Policy at the State and Local Levels [Hamilton Project Report] June 2014
- “Finally a Chance for Facts to Decide.” [NY Times online Op-ed]
- The Minimum We Can Do [NY Times Op-ed]
- Testimony on Minimum Wages for the Senate HELP Committee March 14, 2013
- The Poverty of Minimum Wage “Facts” [Blog post]
Press & Podcasts on Minimum Wages:
- Prof G Markets — interview on minimum wages & The Wage Standard (June 24, 2026) New!
- Paul Krugman Substack — “Arindrajit Dube on Wages” (June 20, 2026) New!
- NPR Planet Money — “The real horror of Alien and how it explains why we’re not paid enough” (June 19, 2026) New!
- CT Insider — “Increasing the federal minimum wage would boost pay for workers” (op-ed, June 19, 2026) New!
- The Journal Record (Oklahoma) — “Economist says $15 minimum wage could reduce Oklahoma worker turnover” (June 10, 2026) New!
- Tulsa Flyer — “Oklahomans will decide whether to raise minimum wage to $15. Tulsans have thoughts.” (June 8, 2026) New!
- Economics for Inclusive Prosperity — “How I learned to stop worrying and love the minimum wage” (June 5, 2026) New!
- Money & Macro Talks — “Why you deserve a higher wage” (June 4, 2026) New!
- Katalys — “How do we raise wages?” (June 3, 2026) New!
- Jared Bernstein — “It’s Time, People! (to raise the minimum wage)” (May 29, 2026) New!
- NPR Planet Money — “The hidden power keeping wages low” (April 21, 2026)
- The American Prospect — “What, Exactly, Is a Fair Wage?” (April 17, 2026)
- Pitchfork Economics — “The Wage Standard” (video, April 7, 2026)
- Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer (April 7, 2026)
- Capitalisn’t — “The Real Cause of Wage Stagnation” (video, April 2, 2026)
- ProMarket — “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Minimum Wage” (review by Matthew Lucky, April 2, 2026)
- Capitalisn’t (Zingales & McLean) — “The Real Cause of Wage Stagnation” (April 2, 2026)
- Money Life with Chuck Jaffe — “U.S. wage standards fall short in creating prosperity” (March 31, 2026)
- Center for American Progress — “The Flip Side of Affordability: Raising Wages Across the Country” (March 27, 2026)
- Columbia SIPA — “The Fight for $15: Raising America’s Minimum Wage” (November 20, 2025)
- Pitchfork Economics — “Why Wages Are Growing From the Bottom Up and Middle Out” (June 17, 2024)
- Why Is This Happening? with Chris Hayes — Ep. 153 (April 8, 2021)
- CUNY Graduate Center — “Workers and Wages in America Today” (March 25, 2019)
- University of Pennsylvania — “Minimum Wages: Setting a Higher Bar” (lecture, November 19, 2014)
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