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More states are ending jobless benefit, but will workers return?
“When there’s a quick ramping up of the (economy), there’s a quick demand for workers and that means the people who pay more are going to get those workers ... just as when there’s a labor surplus they’re able to pay less and still get a competent workforce,’’ says...
From the Garden State to Route 66
Stuart Shapiro and David Listokin discuss the significance and impact of current reverse migration trends as well as the economic impacts of historic preservation activities on Route 66.
Research: zipcodeR integrates open-source datasets, official government crosswalk files to provide data on over 41,000 ZIP codes
ZIP codes are one of the most common forms of geographic data encountered by researchers in the social sciences.
Why the Olympics ban on Black hair swim caps is disturbing | Opinion
Diversity in swimming has always been an issue. In the United States, the overwhelming majority of swimmers are white. According to a 2019 Swimming Membership Demographics report, only 0.8% of their 327,337 swimmers were Black men, and 0.6% Black women. Although...
Dawne Mouzon, Kelcie Ralph receive Rutgers University Research Council Program Awards
The Research Council provides seed funding for faculty research to encourage scholarship tackling challenging disciplinary problems in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and creative arts.
Ph.D. candidate Stephanie Holcomb is recipient of Horowitz Foundation social science research grant
She is one of 25 scholars chosen to receive a social science research grant to support her dissertation research on how county-level administration of cash assistance affects program access and equity.
Many factors may have been at play – Experts differ on possible causes for the collapse
For four decades, the Champlain Tower South condominium sat about 100 yards from the sea, much of that distance covered by sand. During that time, the tide ebbed and flowed toward the building nearly 60,000 times. A full moon rose in the sky 500 times. The condo...
Staying at home is a privilege: Evidence from mobile phone location data in the U.S. during the pandemic
Data from millions of mobile phones were collected in the 12 larges metropolitan statistical areas, finding a positive association between income and the ability to stay home.
‘It’s evil’ Ransomware attack on hospital system in Savannah is part of a growing trend
The ransomware attack on St. Joseph's/Candler that was first detected on June 17 is part of a growing trend of such attacks across industries and government, but especially on healthcare providers. "The truth is that there are a lot of advancements happening in the...
Research: How independent contractors respond to sexual harassment in the modeling industry
Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D. looks at the vulnerabilities of people, mostly women, working in the modeling profession, examining the issue of sexual harassment and models’ response to it in the absence of workplace protections.
Victims of traffic fatalities are disproportionately Black and Native
Charles T. Brown, Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) and President and CEO of Equitable Cities, assesses the rise in traffic fatalities in an MSNBC interview. A 2021 report from Smart Growth America showed...
New Jersey’s primary election ballots are rigged | Opinion
Former Rutgers Law School Dean and Public Advocate Ron Chen and former NJ Attorney General and current Director of Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics John Farmer cite Bloustein School professor Julia Rubin's research on the county line in an editorial about New...