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Behind N.J.’s jobless rate: A Q&A with Rutgers economist Joseph Seneca

May 20, 2013

By Jim Namiotka/The Star-Ledger on May 15, 2013 The latest unemployment numbers are due out this week. Throughout the recovery from the Great Recession, New Jersey’s unemployment rate has remained steadily higher than the national unemployment rate, as well as our...

C-Suite Survey results to be revealed at NJ Economic Policy Summit, May 21

May 14, 2013

The sixth annual New Jersey Economic Policy Summit will take place on Tuesday, May 21, at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The event will bring together key New Jersey stakeholders to review...

EJB MPP’s present practicum report to OSHA, EPA officials in Washington

May 8, 2013

On May 7, a team of Bloustein M.P.P. students traveled down Washington, DC to present their practicum report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The practicum is the capstone project for the M.P.P program and the students researched the state...

EPI online news conference on guestworkers and STEM jobs with Salzman, April 24

April 23, 2013

Hal Salzman of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Daniel Kuehn of American University and B. Lindsay Lowell of Georgetown University will discuss their new Economic Policy Institute paper, Guestworkers in the high-skill U.S. labor market: An...

Spring R/ECON forecast: New Jersey’s recovery still trails nation’s

April 19, 2013

While New Jersey is on pace to add 48,600 nonagricultural jobs in 2013, that figure is 0.1 percent lower than last year’s total (49,100) and helps to explain while the state’s recovery rate is slower than the nation’s. “Although our economy has improved the past two...

New Rutgers report examines nation’s slow private sector employment recovery

April 10, 2013

A new Rutgers Regional Report, “Inching Our Way Back: The Nation’s Tepid Employment Recovery,” authored by James W. Hughes, dean of Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist...

Bloustein research leads new issue of “New Jersey Municipalities”

April 5, 2013

“How Sandy will Impact Our Economy,” an article by Joseph Seneca, University Professor; Nancy Mantell, Director of R/ECON; Michael Lahr, Bloustein Associate Research Professor; and Will Irving, Bloustein Research Associate in the April 2013 of New Jersey...

2013 R/ECON Spring Conference to be held April 19; LaRossa, Strauss-Wieder to be guest speakers

April 3, 2013

The Bloustein School will hold the 2013 Rutgers Economic Advisory Service(R/ECON™) Spring Conference, “Superstorm Sandy: Unanticipated Realities and Post-Surge Responses,” on Friday, April 19, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Special Events Forum, 33...

Newark’s rise, recovery over the last century to be discussed at spring Bloustein Memorial Lecture, April 25

March 15, 2013

THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY. NO ADDITIONAL RSVPs ARE BEING TAKEN. DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF THIS EVENT, IT WILL BE WEBCAST LIVE. To view the webcast of this event, visit http://rutgersdceo.adobeconnect.com/forum, and enter your name in the guest field (a log in...

Heldrich Center offers brochure as tool for job seekers, students, counselors

February 1, 2013

Created as a tool for career success, Greener Pathways: Paving Your Way to Career Success Starts with Understanding New Jersey’s Labor Market, developed by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, offers a greater understanding of the changing workforce...