Teachers

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
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Executive summary
Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard: Fixing Child Care: What Expanded Public Subsidies Could Mean for Children, Families, and Teachers
White House: State Breakdown: The Biden-Harris Administration's Funding Request Would Help Prevent Families Across the Country from Losing Child Care
Economic Report of the President (2023) President's Council of Economic Advisers: p. 147 & 150
OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2022 (2022) Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: p. 94

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
NBER Reporter: Children and Families Program Report 2024

Sojourner, A. (2013) Do Unions Promote Electoral Office-Holding? Evidence from Correlates of State Legislatures' Occupational Shares. Industrial & Labor Relations Review. 66(2).
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

Goldhaber, Dan, Cyrus Grout, Constance Lindsay, Elton Mykerezi, Aaron Sojourner, Lauren Dachille (2025) Exploring the Landscape of Teacher Applications [CEDR WP]

Laverde, M., E. Mykerezi, A. Sojourner & A. Sood (2026) Match Effects and the Gains from Alternative Assignments: Evidence from a Teacher Labor Market [IZA @LISER WP]

Goldhaber, D., C. Grout, C. Lindsay, E. Mykerezi, & A. Sojourner (2026) School System Selection Processes and Workforce Diversity in Schools. CALDER Center Working Paper
Summaries

The 74 Million: Schools Hire Asian Teachers at Half the Rate of Other Groups, Research Finds

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.
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.

Press Mentions

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

Hart, C. & A. Sojourner (2015) Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools. Industrial Relations. 55(4): 422-448. Working paper version: IZA.
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

Sajjadiani, S., A. Sojourner, J. Kammeyer-Mueller & E. Mykerezi (2019) Using Machine Learning to Translate Pre-Hire Work History into Predictors of Performance and Retention. Journal of Applied Psychology. 104(10):1207-1225.
[Slides] Press Mentions

Quartz at Work: An experiment to find teachers who perform better and stay longer shows promising results
Education Week: Taking the Guesswork Out of Teacher Hiring
Education Week: Districts Are Screening for Racial Biases During Teacher Job Interviews. Here's How
Nimble: Nimble partners with researchers to identify excellent teachers
City Pages: Can AI help Minneapolis Public Schools find better teachers who stay longer?
Carlson School magazine: Aaron Sojourner helps Minneapolis Public Schools invest in their students
UBC Sauder magazine: Study finds using machine learning can hire better teachers
U Minnesota Research Brief: Predicting Job Performance and Turnover in Education Using Machine Learning

Goldhaber, D., C. Grout, C. Lindsay, E. Mykerezi, and A. Sojourner (2026) What Do Educator Job Applications Reveal about Preferences for Schools? CALDER Center Working Paper