Topics Employer Market Power, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Budd, J., A. Sojourner & J. Jung (2016) Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 70(4): 865-893. Earlier IZA version.
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, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Nonprofit Quarterly, Designing Workforce Programs with Worker Power in Mind (with S. Kahn & S. Naidu)
Topics Employer Market Power, 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: Unions Foster Middle Class Leadership in American Democracy
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, Labor Market, Labor Unions
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.
- The Conversation: Unionized workers are more likely to assert their right to a safe and healthy workplace
- Also published in: Houston Chronicle
Topics Employer Market Power, 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, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Roosevelt Institute, Employer Power and Employee Skills: Recommendations for Workforce Training Practitioners and Funders (with Suzanne Kahn)
Topics Employer Market Power, 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, 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
- 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
Topics Employer Market Power, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Minnesota Physician: The Twin Cities nursing strike: short-term resolution, long-term pressures
Topics Employer Market Power, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Star-Tribune: Sunday op-ed as part of pro-/con- feature on RTW
Topics Employer Market Power, 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, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Laverde, M., A. Sood, A. Sojourner & E. Mykerezi. Teacher Sorting and Student Outcomes: Evidence from a Centralized Market of Teachers.
In Works in Progress
Topics Employer Market Power, Labor Market, Labor Unions
The Hill: If there are right-to-work laws, there must be right-to-invest laws
Topics Employer Market Power, 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, Labor Market, Labor Unions
Aaron Sojourner
Senior Researcher
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
269-385-0438
sojourner@upjohn.org
Senior Researcher
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
269-385-0438
sojourner@upjohn.org