Reasons people have left the labor force include going back to school, becoming ill or disabled, staying home to care for children or elders, taking early retirement, and becoming discouraged about one’s ability to get a job at all. Economist William Rodgers at...
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Restoring simple tax credit to jumpstart economy, buoy low-to-middle-class families has eluded Christie | Opinion
by William M. Rodgers III is Professor of Public Policy and Chief Economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers University. Several weeks ago, I discussed how the jump in the state's child poverty rate from 2009 to 2013 is due to Gov. Chris...
Job growth is not enough to reduce rising N.J. poverty rate | Opinion
By William M. Rodgers III During New Jersey's economic recovery from 2009 to 2013, the state's poverty rate increased from 9.4 to 11.4 percent. Over this same time period, the nation's poverty rate fell. Most disturbing was the increase in the state's childhood...