A New Jersey State Policy Lab report on evidence-based policymaking and program evaluation in New Jersey compares evidence-based practices related to workforce development, addiction services, and recidivism in New Jersey to practices in other states.
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New Jersey State Policy Lab: Now is the Time to Save Oil in a Hurry
One way to reduce oil price spikes when there is a supply crunch is to reduce demand. To reduce the demand by 29 million gallons per day across roughly 280 million US vehicles, this is only 0.1 gallons per day per vehicle.
Elizabeth Cooner appointed Executive Director of New Jersey Policy Lab
With more than twenty years of professional experience, Dr. Cooner has worked in higher education, survey research, and management consulting.
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.
Journalism, not-for-profit style: the news we need (by, for and with those who need it)
“ I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.” So said President John F. Kennedy in remarks delivered at the American Newspaper Publishers Association gathering in 1961. JFK went on to recall...
Investing in human capital may move U.S. forward on Social Progress Index
by Jas Sarna. The Social Progress Index complements economic measures of countries’ success by measuring 50 metrics of well-being.
Listening to experts isn’t perfect, but ignoring them is far worse
Last week, President Trump said of his opponent, Vice President Biden, "he'll listen to the scientists." In case you’re confused, this was meant to be an insult. Indeed, the president seems to take pride in the extent to which he has ignored the advice of...
Opportunities after the pandemic
An op-ed from Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe explores the possibilities for policy development following the pandemic. They note that states should work together to embrace as many aspects of our regional existence as possible in order to aid, rather than inhibit, the...
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...
What do our current crises teach us about combating climate change?
Jeanne Herb and Stuart Shapiro discuss the intersection of the climate crisis, COVID, and economic inequality, and why climate change cannot be seen as a separate challenge from other crises.
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