Living in the boss’s guest house? Jersey Shore workers struggle to find middle-class homes
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed in a recent Asbury Park Press article examining the sharply rising cost of housing and rent in New Jersey.
For the Biden administration’s 2024 regulations, timing is crucial
The Biden administration has released its Fall 2023 Agenda and listed the planned regulations for all executive branch agencies for 2024 and beyond, but the administration will need to balance when to issue these regulations as the president approaches his incumbent reelection, writes NJSPL Principal Investigator Dean Stuart Shapiro in a new op ed from The Hill.
New Jersey’s rising unemployment makes economic future uncertain
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed in a recent article from the New Jersey Monitor examining the potential effects rising unemployment may have on the coming new year.
Commentary: Two billion spaces, and counting. How much parking do we need?
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op ed in the Morristown Green discussing considerations that should be made with regards parking spaces and design within city planning.
The Short-Term Effects of the Shift From Prior-Year to Current-Year Enrollment on School Inputs in Arizona
NJSPL Postdoctoral Associate Angie Nga Le co-authored a new journal article in the American Educational Research Association, examining the short-term effects of Arizona's shift to using current-year enrollment, instead of prior-year enrollment, as the basis for determining state aid for school districts.
A Prescription for Financing Higher Education
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op-ed with the American Association of University Professors and makes the case that federal student loan debt is not simply an individual problem but a societal one, and why addressing inequality must be part of the discussion with higher education financing.
Rutgers New Jersey Policy Lab releases economic forecast authored by U. professor
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed by the Daily Targum regarding a recently published R/ECON economic forecast report for New Jersey.
Shifting NJ population: See where people are leaving and where they are going
A NorthJersey.com article quoted a R/ECON report from Mike Lahr and Tia Azzi examining population density shifts in New Jersey in the time since the 2020 census was released.
OMB just did something boring but important
The Office of Management and Budget issued new guidance revisions for federal agencies on the conduct of cost-benefit analysis, and NJSPL Principal Investigator Dean Stuart Shapiro explains the potential significance of these changes in a new op ed from The Hill.
Rutgers study: Inflation impacts all in NJ, but Black and Hispanic residents most
NJBIZ published an article featuring a recent report authored in collaboration with NJSPL and the Center for Women and Work examining who has been hit hardest by inflation in New Jersey.