Contact Info

Department of Economics
1030 Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003

adube@econs
.umass.edu
(413) 545-2012

Arindrajit Dube

Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Arindrajit Dube is an Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst whose work focuses on labor economics, health economics and political economy. His core areas of research includes minimum wage policies, fiscal policy, income inequality, health reform, and the economics of conflict. Dube received his B.A. in Economics and M.A. in Development Policy from Stanford University, and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. Prior to joining UMass, Dube held a Research Economist position at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at University of California, Berkeley. Dube is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

Issues: Anti-Poverty programs, Bank Bonuses, Banking and Finance, Family/Medical leave, Healthcare, Labor Force, Living Wage, Middle Class, Social Investment, Unions

Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010 – Present
• Research Economist, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, University of California Berkeley, 2004 – 2009

Education:

Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Institute of Labor and Employment, University of California Berkeley, 2003-2004
Ph.D., Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 2003
M.A., Food Research Institute, Stanford University, 1996 (Co-terminal masters program on International Development Policy)
B.A. with Honors and Distinction, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1996