
In Published Papers
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 Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Nonprofit Quarterly, Designing Workforce Programs with Worker Power in Mind (with S. Kahn & S. Naidu)
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A. (2013) Do Unions Promote Electoral Office-Holding? Evidence from Correlates of State Legislatures' Occupational Shares. Industrial & Labor Relations Review. 66(2).
In Published Papers
Working Papers Summaries
Scholars Strategy Network 2-page brief.
Press Mentions- The Hill: Democrats Should Fully Embrace Their Union Roots
- Demos Policy Shop: From Union Halls to City Halls: How Unions Create Middle-Class Public Leaders
- ADAPT International Bulletin #16 highlights paper
- Hamilton Project: The Shift in Private-Sector Union Participation
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A. & J. Yang (2020) Effects of Unionization on Workplace Safety Enforcement: Regression-Discontinuity Evidence. ILR Review.
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.
The Conversation: Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplace
Press Mentions- Also published in: Houston Chronicle
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, 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
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A., B. Frandsen, R. Town, D. Grabowski & M. Chen (2015) Impacts of Unionization on Quality and Productivity: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Nursing Homes. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 68(4): 771-806. Working paper versions: IZA & NBER. [Appendix]
In Published Papers
Press Mentions
- Hamilton Project: The Shift in Private-Sector Union Participation
- Vox.com: I was skeptical of unions. Then I joined one.
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Qiu, Y. & A. Sojourner. Labor-Market Concentration & Labor Compensation
In Working Papers
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
- Center for American Progress: The Modern Company Town
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Minnesota Physician: The Twin Cities nursing strike: short-term resolution, long-term pressures
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Star-Tribune: Sunday op-ed as part of pro-/con- feature on RTW
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A., E. Mykerezi, & K. West. (2014) Teacher Pay Reform And Productivity: Panel Data Evidence from Adoptions of Q-Comp in Minnesota. Journal of Human Resources. 49(4): 945-981.
In Published Papers
Summaries
- Mykerezi, Sojourner & West (July 2015) "Reforming Teacher Contracts: A Look at the Impact of Q-Comp on Student Achievement in Minnesota" Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) Reporter. Also a 3-page policy brief.
- The 74 Million: The merit pay myth: Why the conventional wisdom about paying teachers is wrong
- Star-Tribune: Additional state funding for teacher evaluations proposed
- HometownSource.com: 5-to-1 return on taxpayer dollars is encouraging news. Also, Mille Lacs County Times and Stillwater Gazette,
- Educators for Excellence Minnesota: Quality Compensation: Supporting and Rewarding Excellence in Teaching
- Minnpost: Minnesota Must Raise Q-Comp Cap to Support Teachers
- Star-Tribune op-ed: Don't Go Writing Off Q-Comp
- Cited in Star-Tribune letter to editor responding to this op-ed
- Pioneer Press article about our testimony at Minnesota House Education committee3/7/14
- Star-Tribune op-ed
- Star-Tribune article and our letter to the editor
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
The Hill: If there are right-to-work laws, there must be right-to-invest laws
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A. & J. Pacas (2019) The relationship between union membership and net fiscal impact. Industrial Relations. 58(1): 86-107.
In Published Papers
Working Papers Press Mentions
- The Nation: Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace
- HCEO Global Working Group: Research Spotlight: The Relationship between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Econofact: The Role of Unions
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Sojourner, A., D. C. Grabowski, M. Chen & R. J. Town. (2010) Trends in Unionization of Nursing Homes. Inquiry. 47: 331–342.
In Published Papers
Press Mentions
- Medical Industry Leadership Institute (MILI) Exchange article summarizes paper
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Hart, C. & A. Sojourner (2015) Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools. Industrial Relations. 55(4): 422-448. Working paper version: IZA.
In Published Papers
Press Mentions
- The American Prospect: When Charters Go Union
- Chalkbeat: At ed reform conference, charter school leaders feel the political heat and strategize about how to fend off unions
- Ohio Watchdog: Kids do fine when charter school forms labor union, study shows. Also, at Townhall.com.
- The Detroit News: Do Unions Spell Charter School Doom?
- Worchester (Mass.) Telegram & Gazette Unions no enemy to achievement
- Minnesota Public Radio Union Votes at Two Charter Schools Could Open Way to Others
- Star-Tribune: St. Paul charter school votes to unionize
- Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul charter school's teachers join union
- Pioneer-Press: St. Paul German Immersion School teachers vote for union
- Star-Tribune: German school now state's only unionized charter
Topics Employer Market Power, Healthcare Workers, Labor Market, Labor Unions

Aaron Sojourner
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
Carlson School of Management
Department of Work & Organizations
321 19th Avenue S, 3-300Y
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, 3-300Y
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.624.9521
asojourn@umn.edu