News – Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Bloustein School announces new Associate Dean of Academic Administration

Dona Schneider will step down and Marc Weiner will assume the role on 9/1.

Research: Lead levels in investor-owned housing in Detroit

Investor-landlords who purchase foreclosed properties appear less likely than other owners to maintain their acquisitions.

Cutting off our most vulnerable – Intimate partner violence in a pandemic

Those facing intimate partner violence can be a particularly vulnerable population during stay-at-home orders.

White Docs on the Short End of One Racial Disparity

In an accompanying commentary, Joel C. Cantor, ScD, and Dawne M. Mouzon, PhD, both of Rutgers University, were skeptical of the results, suggesting that the Stanford group perhaps didn’t dig deep enough. “Prior work has shown that primary care physicians experience more burnout than specialists and that physicians of minority racial/ethnic groups are more likely […]

Why flat permanent job loss in the month of July is concerning: Economist

Professor William M. Rodgers III of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development joined a Yahoo Finance On the Move panel to discuss the unexpected addition of 1.76 million jobs in July. Yahoo Finance “On the Move,” August 7, 2020

Pandemic perspectives through the lens of future planners and policy-makers

Grad students discuss their experiences at the start of the pandemic, and how their perspectives have changed.

If we don’t receive stimulus, ‘we’re going back into recession’: economist

Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist, joins The Final Round to discuss his thoughts on what’s driving the markets, how investors should be thinking about the July jobs report and the impact of a stalling stimulus plan might have on the economy. Professor William M. Rodgers is quoted as saying if we don’t receive stimulus […]

A long road back from the devastation of COVID-19

The recession caused by COVID-19 and the various actions taken to help mitigate the spread of the infectious virus has been devastating to the nation’s economy, and many economists are calling it the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The numbers bear this out, and paint a grim picture that highlights just how grueling […]

COVID-19 is giving many New Jersey suburbs a big boost

Most sectors of the commercial real estate market in New Jersey have been badly hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not the case with residential real estate. It turns out home sales in many parts of the Garden State are doing great. According to Rutgers University economics professor James Hughes, an increasing number of […]

Op-Ed: What Should Happen If State Supreme Court OKs Emergency Debt Issuance

The constitutionality of the new law authorizing state debt without voter approval is about to be reviewed by the New Jersey Supreme Court. At issue is whether the state can issue these bonds because of the COVID-19 emergency, and if the proceeds can be used as revenue to balance the budget. This is not normally […]