Child Care Market Archives - Aaron Sojourner

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

Press Mentions

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

Davis, E., W. Lee & A. Sojourner (2019) Family-Centered Measures of Access to Early Care & Education. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 47: 472-486.
In Published Papers
Working Papers

IZA

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.

Press Mentions

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

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
Washington Post: How to fix the U.S. labor shortage? Provide decent child care
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
Newsbreak: Why the U.S. Is One of the Worst Developed Countries to Raise A Child In

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) Inequality in Early Care Experienced by U.S. Children. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 36(2): 199-222
In Published Papers
Working Papers

IZA & NBER

Press Mentions