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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.
Public Health Undergraduate: Kristin Howard
I chose Public Health because I want to use my knowledge of health disparities and community health to effectively work in a health administrative career.
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...
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...
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...
Can NJ’s ongoing power outage problems ever be solved?
Every time there’s a significant storm — whether it’s rain, wind snow or ice — millions of residents in the state lose their electricity for an extended period of time. Professor Frank Felder, the director of the Rutgers University Center for Energy, Economic and...
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...
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...
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...
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