
In Published Papers
Working Papers Summaries
- ChildCareAccess.org: maps and reports on families’ child care access in every Minnesota neighborhood.
- Won Lee won University of Minnesota U-Spatial 2019 prize for best use of maps by graduate student.
- U.S. Treasury Department: The Economics of Child Care Supply in the United States
- UMinnesota: New University of Minnesota tool reveals child care access challenges across the state
- Minnesota Daily: UMN researchers create a child care access tool
- New Ulm Journal: UM tool shows child care access challenges
- Hutchinson Leader: Litchfield child care access below state average, report says
- Aitkin Independent Age: Revealing local child care access challenges
- SouthernMinn.com: Number of reasons for child care shortage, no easy answers
- Pine County Journal: Mapping tool provides insight into child care needs & How the child care shortfall affects Carlton County and what officials are doing to address it
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
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
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
Lee, W. F., J. Borowsky, E. Davis, & A. Sojourner. Impacts of Early Childhood Care Subsidy Designs on the Care Services Market
In Works in Progress
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
Hamilton Project, Increasing Federal Investment in Children's Early Care and Education to Raise Quality, Access, and Affordability (with Liz Davis)
Press Mentions
- New York Times: How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
- U.S. Treasury Department: The Economics of Child Care Supply in the United States
- Fatherly: New data confirms American parents are on their own when it comes to child care
- Radically Pragmatic, Progressive Policy Institute: video + podcast
- Child's Path: Can investing in early childhood education beat stock market returns?
- News-Register, Yamill County, Oregon: Rutledge: Short-sighted U.S. failing its children
- Deseret News: Could child care help open the economy and why is its funding such a contentious topic?
- Minnesota Reformer: Minnesota researchers craft proposal to improve child care access
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
LERA Perspectives, Increasing federal investments in early childhood care and education
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
Flood, S., J. McMurray, A. Sojourner, & M. Wiswall (2022) Inequalities in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 36(2): 199-222
In Published Papers
Working Papers Press Mentions
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
Center for American Progress: The Coronavirus Will Make Child Care Deserts Worse and Exacerbate Inequality
Summaries
childcaredeserts.org: interactive map illustrating families' child care access in every U.S. community
Press Mentions- U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee: We need to save child care before it's too late
- Washington Post: Middle-income and rural families disproportionately grapple with child-care deserts, new report shows
- Duluth News-Tribune: University of Minnesota child care research finds urban-rural divide, including in Northland
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood
Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education in Minnesota (2021)
Topics Child Care Market, Early Childhood

Aaron Sojourner
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Carlson School of Management
Department of Work & Organizations
321 19th Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.624.9521
asojourn@umn.edu
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Carlson School of Management
Department of Work & Organizations
321 19th Avenue S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.624.9521
asojourn@umn.edu