Research by Arindrajit Dube, economics, is cited in a column criticizing lawmakers from the city of Los Angeles for moving closer to adopting a $15 minimum wage. The writer cites Dube’s research findings that a reasonable minimum wage should be somewhere around 50 percent of the area’s median wage, which Dube had calculated to be about $10.36/hr. in Los Angeles. (Slate, 5/19/15)