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NJ cities being revitalized by population shift

December 10, 2015

In fact, Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon counties have all seen population decreases since the Great Recession, according to James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Policy at Rutgers University. Hughes said the the trend of more millennials...

Sweeney assails Christie on N.J. economy

April 28, 2015

A recent forecast by Rutgers University economist Nancy Mantell projected that New Jersey wouldn't reach its prerecession peak of 4.09 million jobs until mid-2017. By contrast, the national economy had recovered all the jobs it lost in the recession by May 2014....

How office parks are dragging down N.J.'s recovery

April 6, 2015

Eighty percent of all the commercial office space that exists today was built in the 1980s. Much of that stuff is between 25-30 years of age now," said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. "What we're seeing...

Forever unemployed: Why NJ's long-term jobless rate remains among highest in US

April 5, 2015

Carl Van Horn, director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, said there are several reasons New Jersey's long-term unemploymenthas remained higher than most states. He pointed to steep job losses in the financial and construction...

Rutgers Forecast: New Jersey’s recovery still trails its neighbors and nation, with ‘moderate’ job growth expected

May 9, 2014

While a difficult winter has depressed job growth early in 2014, New Jersey actually has experienced slight improvement over a comparable period last year, according to Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON). But Mantell predicts the...

Findings of New Jersey Bankers Association’s 2014 Economic Survey to be presented Jan. 17

January 10, 2014

An analysis of the New Jersey Bankers Association’s 2014 Economic Survey, conducted by the Bloustein Center for Survey Research, will be presented on Friday, January 17, 9-11 a.m. at the Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick,...

NJ League of Municipalities Educational Foundation to present forum on reinventing NJ’s suburban office market

June 26, 2013

New Jersey experienced one of the greatest suburban office building booms in history during the 1980s. Our globally recognized core economic specialization was automobile-dependent suburban office campuses, the nation’s cutting-edge growth model at the time. But,...

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...

Dr. Carl Van Horn Part of Panel at National Governors Association Winter Meeting

March 7, 2013

Dr. Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and professor at the Bloustein School, was recently part of a panel on state and business roles in disability employment at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association....

Rutgers Regional Report: New Jersey economy will suffer significant, long-term damage without Hurricane Sandy restoration funding

January 14, 2013

A new Rutgers Regional Report, “The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey,” authored by Rutgers University economist Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON); Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist...