Labor Market Archives - Aaron Sojourner

The Guardian, Americans are more pro-union -- and anti-big business -- than at any time in decades (with Emily DiVito)
Press Mentions

UnionTrack: America Is a Pro-Union Nation Again, Support Continues to Rise

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

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

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

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Analysis for D.C. Office of the Attorney General: Economic Analysis of Incentives to Fraudulently Misclassify Employees in District of Columbia Construction
Summaries

Press Mentions

Construction Citizen: AG Racine Releases Report on Payroll Fraud in District Construction Industry
AG Racine's testimony to U.S. House: Misclassification of Employees: Examining the Costs to Workers, Businesses, and the Economy

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Budd, J., A. Sojourner & J. Jung (2016) Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration. ILR Review. 70(4): 865-893
In Published Papers
Working Papers

IZA

Press Mentions

Research Features: Conflict Resolution: Are Voluntary Agreements More Favourable?
Management INK interview w/Budd: Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration
Carlson School story: Dispute Lessons from the Major Leagues & video interview w/Budd

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Chair, Employment and Work Arrangements Content Panel advising the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2026, Report (with S. Houseman, C. Muller, L. Cameron, M. Handel, E. Kelly, J. Kemp, K. Kosanovich, D. Kreisman, A. Mas, A. Mueller, D. Pedulla, C. Robertson, W. Rodgers, D. Schneider, J. Smith)
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Benson, A., A. Sojourner, & A. Umyarov (2020) Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market. Management Science. 66(5):1802-1825
In Published Papers
Working Papers

Mpls Fed OIGI, HCEO & IZA

Press Mentions

Minneapolis Fed The Region: In the gig economy, reputation counts
Workday Minnesota with video: Researchers draw lessons from online labor markets
IZA Newsroom (Germany): New forms of work and shady employers: How reputation can discipline the "gig economy"
- Picked up by: EU CEDEFOP's Skills Panorama
Technology Policy Institute: Research Roundup Strikes Back
Economisch Statistische Berichten (Netherlands): Reputatie als tegengas in de sjeesconomie
BuzzFeed Tech: American Labor Unions Are Falling Down on Digital Workers

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Econofact, COVID Symptom Screening at the Workplace (with Krista Ruffini and Abigail Wozniak)
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Nonprofit Quarterly, Designing Workforce Programs with Worker Power in Mind (with S. Kahn & S. Naidu)
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Econofact: The Mexican Border and U.S. Trade: What Would be the Impact of a Border Closure?
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Economic Policy Institute's Working Economics: American job seekers think increasing the minimum wage would be good for them
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

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

Roosevelt Institute, Employer Power and Employee Skills: Understanding Workforce Training Programs in the Context of Labor Market Power (with Suresh Naidu)
Summaries

Roosevelt Institute & Workrise webinar
Summary site at Roosevelt Institute
Nonprofit Quarterly op-ed: Designing workforce programs with worker power in mind

Press Mentions

Roosevelt Institute: Banning Noncompetes: A Groundbreaking Step for Worker Power, and What Must Come Next

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Roosevelt Institute, Employer Power and Employee Skills: Recommendations for Workforce Training Practitioners and Funders (with Suzanne Kahn)
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Brookings, Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery (with Lauren Bauer, Arin Dube, & Wendy Edelberg)
Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions

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

Topics Human Capital, Labor Market, Labor Unions