An uneven recovery? NAIOP panelists see different paths for different asset types in 2024
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving discussed his latest R/ECON economic forecast as part of a panel at the NAIOP NJ annual meeting, and Real Estate NJ featured the presentation in a new article.
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Op-Ed: NJ must make good use of opioid settlement funds
New Jersey will be receiving approximately $1.1 billion from the recent opioid settlement award money, and NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato advocates that the state should use these funds to develop an integrated system of collaborative care with medical and nonmedical professionals to confront and address opioid addiction.
Living in the boss’s guest house? Jersey Shore workers struggle to find middle-class homes
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed in a recent Asbury Park Press article examining the sharply rising cost of housing and rent in New Jersey.
For the Biden administration’s 2024 regulations, timing is crucial
The Biden administration has released its Fall 2023 Agenda and listed the planned regulations for all executive branch agencies for 2024 and beyond, but the administration will need to balance when to issue these regulations as the president approaches his incumbent reelection, writes NJSPL Principal Investigator Dean Stuart Shapiro in a new op ed from The Hill.
New Jersey’s rising unemployment makes economic future uncertain
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed in a recent article from the New Jersey Monitor examining the potential effects rising unemployment may have on the coming new year.
Commentary: Two billion spaces, and counting. How much parking do we need?
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op ed in the Morristown Green discussing considerations that should be made with regards parking spaces and design within city planning.
The Short-Term Effects of the Shift From Prior-Year to Current-Year Enrollment on School Inputs in Arizona
NJSPL Postdoctoral Associate Angie Nga Le co-authored a new journal article in the American Educational Research Association, examining the short-term effects of Arizona's shift to using current-year enrollment, instead of prior-year enrollment, as the basis for determining state aid for school districts.
A Prescription for Financing Higher Education
NJSPL Policy Fellow Linda Stamato published a new op-ed with the American Association of University Professors and makes the case that federal student loan debt is not simply an individual problem but a societal one, and why addressing inequality must be part of the discussion with higher education financing.
Rutgers New Jersey Policy Lab releases economic forecast authored by U. professor
NJSPL Research Affiliate Will Irving was interviewed by the Daily Targum regarding a recently published R/ECON economic forecast report for New Jersey.
Shifting NJ population: See where people are leaving and where they are going
A NorthJersey.com article quoted a R/ECON report from Mike Lahr and Tia Azzi examining population density shifts in New Jersey in the time since the 2020 census was released.