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Report Release: Who Experienced the Greatest Financial Burden from Inflation in NJ?

2023-11-14T11:26:24-05:00

By Jocelyn Fischer, Ph.D. and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Ph.D. During the COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey has experienced record high levels of inflation.  These price increases raise concerns about New Jerseyans’ financial well-being.  However, inflation [...]

Report Release: Who Experienced the Greatest Financial Burden from Inflation in NJ?2023-11-14T11:26:24-05:00

Data Brief Release: Inflation Hurts Everyone but Some More than Others in New Jersey 

2023-09-28T12:09:38-04:00

By Jocelyn Fischer and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers. Inflation levels in the U.S. have reached decades-long highs during the COVID-19 pandemic and in its wake.  Because inflation can erode people’s ability to afford the goods and services they need, the recent uptick in inflation has raised concerns [...]

Data Brief Release: Inflation Hurts Everyone but Some More than Others in New Jersey 2023-09-28T12:09:38-04:00

Report Release: The Status of New Jersey’s Childcare Infrastructure

2024-04-24T15:27:45-04:00

By Jocelyn Fischer and Debra Lancaster. While children, parents, and employers have felt the sting of childcare market failures for several decades, deficiencies in the market were made more apparent and were more deeply felt as a result of pandemic-related closures and labor shifts [...]

Report Release: The Status of New Jersey’s Childcare Infrastructure2024-04-24T15:27:45-04:00

Literature Review & Policy Menu: How Can the Government Improve New Jersey Families’ Access to Childcare?

2023-01-19T10:08:21-05:00

By Jocelyn Fischer and Debra Lancaster. Childcare is unaffordable for many families.  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deems affordable childcare costs as those that are no more than 7 percent of families’ incomes [...]

Literature Review & Policy Menu: How Can the Government Improve New Jersey Families’ Access to Childcare?2023-01-19T10:08:21-05:00

Data Brief Release: A Supply-Demand Model Informs Childcare Market Deficits in New Jersey: Estimates Point to Need for More Data

2023-08-07T11:38:24-04:00

By Sarah F. Small and Debra Lancaster. Failing childcare markets have been detrimental to the US economy in recent years.[1] We have examined the childcare crisis in New Jersey from both the supply side and the demand side [...]

Data Brief Release: A Supply-Demand Model Informs Childcare Market Deficits in New Jersey: Estimates Point to Need for More Data2023-08-07T11:38:24-04:00

Data Brief Release: New Jersey’s Changing Population and Childcare Needs

2024-04-24T15:29:27-04:00

By Sarah F. Small and Debra Lancaster. Like many parents in the United States, New Jersey parents have faced some formidable obstacles finding accessible quality childcare. This is particularly true given changes in the childcare landscape during COVID-19, as documented in our recent report [...]

Data Brief Release: New Jersey’s Changing Population and Childcare Needs2024-04-24T15:29:27-04:00

Data Brief Release: New Jersey’s Childcare Landscape During COVID-19: A Slow and Uneven Recovery

2024-04-24T15:29:38-04:00

By Sarah Small and Debra Lancaster. Many New Jersey parents felt the sting of reduced childcare access during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, the childcare landscape has not made a recovery [...]

Data Brief Release: New Jersey’s Childcare Landscape During COVID-19: A Slow and Uneven Recovery2024-04-24T15:29:38-04:00

Report Release: Pandemic’s Impact on Women in NJ: Domestic Violence, Access to Healthcare and Housing

2023-09-19T13:44:35-04:00

By Sarah Small and Debra Lancaster. With so much economic precarity brought on by the pandemic, many women in New Jersey have been confronted with issues of homelessness and inaccessible healthcare [...]

Report Release: Pandemic’s Impact on Women in NJ: Domestic Violence, Access to Healthcare and Housing2023-09-19T13:44:35-04:00

How has COVID Affected Women and Work in New Jersey? Our New Report Investigates

2023-08-07T11:52:55-04:00

Sarah Small and Debra Lancaster. Women’s work lives have been disrupted in profound ways during COVID-19: in their roles as frontline workers confronting the virus, as caregivers taking on even more unpaid care work at home due to childcare disruptions [...]

How has COVID Affected Women and Work in New Jersey? Our New Report Investigates2023-08-07T11:52:55-04:00
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