Scholarly Writing - Aaron Sojourner

Scholarly Published Papers, Lee, W. F., A. Sojourner, E. Davis, & J. Borowsky (forthcoming) Effects of Child Care Vouchers on Price, Quantity, and Provider Turnover in Private Care Markets. Journal of Human Capital. [Upjohn working paper]
In Published Papers
Summaries

Upjohn policy brief: Effects of subsidies on the child care market: Large increases in capacity, small increases in price

Press Mentions

Yahoo!Finance: Minnesota fell behind on child care, now it needs to get more parents working

Golberstein, E., I. Zainullina, A. Sojourner & M. Sanders (2024) Effects of School-Based Mental Health Services on Youth Outcomes. Journal of Human Resources, 59(S), S256-S281
In Published Papers
Summaries

Upjohn-UMinnesota Policy Brief: School-Based Mental Health Services Can Increase Access to Care and Decrease Suicide Attempts
Upjohn Employment Research Newsletter: School-Based Mental Health Services Can Increase Access to Care and Decrease Suicide Attempts

Press Mentions

Sahan Journal & Minnesota Public Radio: All Minnesota public school students can access free mental health care
MinnPost: Researchers measure fewer suicide attempts after school-based mental health implemented in Hennepin County
MedicalXPress: School-based mental health services can improve the well-being of children and adolescents

Laverde, M., E. Mykerezi, A. Sojourner & A. Sood. Gains from Reassignment: Evidence from a Two-Sided Teacher Market. [SSRN]
In Working Papers

Sockin, J. & A. Sojourner (2023) What's the Inside Scoop? Challenges in the Supply and Demand for Information about Job Attributes. Journal of Labor Economics, 41(4)
In Published Papers
Working Papers

SSRN

Press Mentions

Financial Times: The NDA boom is bad for both employers and workers

Goda, G. M. Levy, C. F. Manchester, A. Sojourner, J. Tasoff, & J. Xiao (2023) Are retirement planning tools substitutes or complements to financial capability? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations. 214: 561-573
In Published Papers
Working Papers

Upjohn. SSRN. IZA. NBER.

Press Mentions

Marketwatch: Why retirement calculators fail the people who need them most and what to do about it

McDevitt, R. & A. Sojourner (2023) The Need for Speed: Demand, Regulation, and Welfare on the Margin of Alternative Financial Services. Review of Economics and Statistics.
In Published Papers
Summaries

Policy brief (3-pager) Albany (N.Y.) Times-Union op-ed: Banks need to accelerate and improve payment systems

Press Mentions

Duke Fuqua summary: New research could improve check cashing industry for customers and businesses

Qiu, Y. & A. Sojourner (2023) Labor-Market Concentration and Labor Compensation, ILR Review. 76(3): 475–503. Replication package & concentration measures available here.
In Published Papers
Working Papers

SSRN

Press Mentions

Forbes opinion: How Big Firms Keep Wages Low
Phenomenal World: The Emerging Monopsony Consensus
Hamilton Project: The Shift in Private-Sector Union Participation
Brookings: Non-compete contracts: Potential justifications and the relevant evidence
ProMarket: Regulators Should Not Change the Regulatory Environment to Include Labor Market Concentration
Center for American Progress: The Modern Company Town

Pickens, J. and A. Sojourner (2022) Effects of Access-to-Hours and Just Cause Regulations on Labor Market Outcomes
In Working Papers

Borowsky, J., J. Brown, E. Davis, C. Gibbs, C. Herbst, A. Sojourner, E. Tekin, & M. Wiswall. An Equilibrium Model of the Impact of Increased Public Investment in Early Childhood Education
In Working Papers
Summaries

Executive summary
Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard: Fixing Child Care: What Expanded Public Subsidies Could Mean for Children, Families, and Teachers
White House: State Breakdown: The Biden-Harris Administration's Funding Request Would Help Prevent Families Across the Country from Losing Child Care
Economic Report of the President (2023) President's Council of Economic Advisers: p. 147 & 150
OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2022 (2022) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: p. 94

Press Mentions

USA Today (video): How affordable is child care near me?
Early Learning Nation: Economists Find Investing in Child Care Will Dramatically Reduce Costs, Increase Mother's Employment, and Increase Quality Care
Axios: Child care subsidies would send 1.2 million women into the workforce, new paper finds
Bloomberg: Biden's US Child-Care Aide Would Super-Charge Mom's Employment, Study Says
Huffington Post: The Child Care Crisis Needs a Lot More Attention Than It's Getting
New York Times: Jobs Aplenty, but a Shortage of Care Keeps Many Women from Benefiting
Washington Post: How to fix the U.S. labor shortage? Provide decent child care

Budd, J., A. Sojourner, T. VanHeuvelen, and B. Zipperer. Growing Up in a Union Household: Impacts of Adult Union Status on Children's Life Course
In Working Papers

Sojourner, A. & J. Yang (2022) Effects of Union Certification on Workplace-Safety Enforcement: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence. ILR Review. 75(2): 373-401.
In Published Papers
Working Papers

IZA Discussion Paper 9610
Data: NLRB Elections 1962-2009 consolidating Thomas Holmes & Henry Farber data. OSHA inspections from U.S. Department of Labor.

Summaries

The Conversation: Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplace
- Also published in: Houston Chronicle

Press Mentions

Common Dreams: COVID-19 gag rules endanger everyone, but study shows unions make it easier to assert workplace safety rights
UnionTrack: Has the pandemic been a turning point for healthcare unions?
The Daily Poster: Amazon tries to block vote on worker safety initiative

Hotz, J., C. Bollinger, T. Komarova, C. Manski, R. Moffitt, D. Nekipelov, A. Sojourner, & B. Spencer (2022) Balancing Data Privacy and Usability in the Federal Statistical System. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(31).

Letter to PNAS Editors with same co-authors: "The Key Role of Absolute Risk in the Disclosure Risk Assessment of Public Data Releases"

In Published Papers

Azar, J., X. Dai, Y. Qiu, & A. Sojourner. Common Ownership in Labor Markets.
In Working Papers
Press Mentions

New York Times: What BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Are Doing to the Economy

Borowsky, J., E. Davis, and A. Sojourner. How Far Will They Go? Consumer Choice in Subsidized Early Care and Education
In Works in Progress
Press Mentions

U.S. Treasury Department: The Economics of Child Care Supply in the United States

Flood, S., J. McMurray, A. Sojourner, & M. Wiswall (2022) Inequality in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 36(2): 199-222
In Published Papers
Working Papers

IZA & NBER

Summaries

Economic Report of the President (2023) President's Council of Economic Advisers: p. 132 & 141

Press Mentions

American Economics Association Research Highlights: Childcare and Inequality
New York Times: How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
Small Talks

Larson, R., S. Shannon, A. Sojourner & C. Uggen (2021) Felony History and Change in U.S. Employment Rates. Social Science Research.
In Published Papers
Press Mentions

American Public Media: Ban the Box may be counterproductive
Phys.org: Felons remain out of work despite paying debt to society
Star Tribune: Economists at Minneapolis Fed meeting explore persistent racial gaps in hiring, wealth
Minneapolis Fed: Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute spring 2018 conference

Sockin, J., A. Sojourner & E. Starr. Non-Disclosure Agreements and Externalities from Silence
In Working Papers
Summaries

Upjohn Institute Policy Brief: How do broad nondisclosure agreements affect labor markets?
Washington Post: What happens when states limit nondisclosure agreements? Employees start to dish

Press Mentions

U.S. Treasury: The State of Labor Market Competition
Star Tribune: Schafer: Maybe these NDAs really protect only the bad employers
Financial Times: The NDA boom is bad for both employers and workers
Bloomberg Law: Gaming Industry Nondisclosures Become Key Test of #MeToo Laws
Forbes: Five Years After #MeToo, NDAs Are Still Silencing Victims
Tacoma-Pierce County (WA) Bar Association: Breaking a Culture of Silence

Ruffini, K., A. Sojourner & A. Wozniak (2021) Who's in and who's out under workplace COVID symptom screening? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
In Published Papers
Working Papers

Minneapolis Fed

Summaries

Econofact: COVID Symptom Screening at the Workplace

Press Mentions

The Hill: Employers have critical role to prevent second wave
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank: How well do workplace COVID-19 screens work? And do they discriminate?
Tradeoffs podcast: The perils of self-reported COVID screening

Marinescu. I., Y. Qiu, & A. Sojourner. Wage Inequality and Labor Rights Violations
In Working Papers
Press Mentions

Greenwood, B., R. Hardeman, L. Huang, & A. Sojourner (2020) Physician-Patient Racial Concordance and Disparities in Birthing Mortality for Newborns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117 (35): 21194-21200.
In Published Papers
Summaries

Economic Report of the President (2023) President's Council of Economic Advisers: p. 164
Building Racial Equity Into the Walls of Minnesota Medicaid (2022) Minnesota Department of Human Services: p. 33
Strategic Priorities at Work (2021)United Nations Human Rights Council: p. 17

Press Mentions

Awardee, 2020 Cozzarelli Prize from the PNAS editorial board
PNAS coverage tracker
Nature: Medical bias poses a deadly threat for Black babies
NPR Shortwave 12-minute interview: A Key To Black Infant Survival? Black Doctors
USA Today: Black babies are more likely to survive when cared for by Black doctors
CNN Health: Black newborns 3 times more likely to die when looked after by white doctors
Washington Post: Mortality rate for Black babies is cut dramatically when they're delivered by Black doctors, researchers say
Washington Post: Howard University announces $32.8 million gift that will 'produce more Black doctors'
CNN Opinion: To save Black lives, we need more Black doctors
NY Daily News: Black newborns are more likely to survive when cared for by Black doctors, study
The Hill: Study: Black newborns more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors
BET: New study finds Black newborns are three times more likely to die when cared for by white doctors
The Grio: Black newborns 3 times more likely to die when care for by white doctors
The Cut: Black newborns are 3 times more likely to die when treated by white doctors
ScienceNews: What we can learn from how a doctor's race can affect Black newborns' survival
Fortune: Lack of black doctors is killing black babies, new study finds
People: Black newborns are more likely to survive under the care of black doctors, study finds
Black Enterprise: Black newborn are more likely to survive under the care of black doctors, study finds
University of Minnesota: Uncovering a dramatic disparity
BBC Radio: Newborn deaths in U.S.
Guardian: Black babies more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors -- US study
Daily Mail: Black babies in the US are three times more likely to die in hospital than white children when cared for by a white doctor, study finds
Evening Standard: US study finds black babies more likely to survive when cared for by black doctors
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio: Black babies more likely to survive if they have Black doctors, study
Face2Face Africa: Black babies three times more likely to die when under the care of a white doctor, study
Welingelichte Kringen: Amerikaanse studie: Minder babystefte als zwarte artsen voor zwarte baby's zorgen
CNews: Les bebes noirs ont plus de chances de survivre avec un medecin noir
WCCO 4 CBS Minnesota: U of M research finds Black newborns die less when cared for by Black doctors
KMSP Fox 9 News: Black newborns die less when treated by black doctors rather than white doctors, U of M study finds
KSTP ABC 5: Study: Black newborns less likely to die when cared for by Black doctors
WVLT TV: Black newborn babies 3 times more likely to die when treated by white doctors, study says
KROC AM News: Study: Black newborns have better odds if cared for by Black doctors
Inforum Rochester: Study: Black newborns die less often with Black doctors. Also: Detroit Lakes Tribune.
MEEAW: Black newborns in the U.S. nearly thrice more likely to die in hospital under White physicians care: study
EcoWatch: Black infants more likely to survive if treated by Black doctors, Study finds
IFLScience: Black American babies are much less likely to die if their doctor is also black
Star Tribune: Finding new solutions for racial health gaps
Star Tribune: Unequal outcomes, by race in health care: Justice Jackson's unjust accusation

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