Gray divorce—characterized as a divorce where one member of the couple is age 50 or older—has been becoming increasingly widespread in the United States. The divorce rate for the overall population has stabilized and even declined a bit over the past several decades. In contrast, about one out of every four divorces is now “gray.” […]
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An op-ed by Amy Dunford MPP ’17, which originally appeared in NJSpotlight in August 2016, was chosen as one of the publication’s “2016 Best Op-Eds.” The piece, “Earned Sick Leave a Lifeline for Survivors of Domestic Violence,” was republished in December 2016. The op-ed may be found here. (PDF)
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Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Ph.D. is a senior faculty fellow at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development with research interests in family policy and social policy in the United States. Dr. Crowley has been a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University since 1999 and is a graduate […]
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