The Bloustein School produces several ongoing report series on the New Jersey economy. Below are the most recent reports. Archived reports can be found by clicking on the report name on the menu.

Advance & Rutgers Report

America's New Post-Recession Employment Arithmetic
Dean James W. Hughes and University Professor Joseph J. Seneca conclude that it will take until August 2017 for the U.S. to recover all jobs lost lost during the 2007-09 recession as well as accommodate job growth.
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Moderate Job Losses Forecast for NJ Through 2009

Economists at R/ECON Winter Conference see softer impact on NJ due to recession, possible job growth by 2010
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Influencing Public Policy: An Analysis of Published Op-Eds by Academics
Bob Sommer and John R. Maycroft
This report by Policy Fellow Bob Sommer and John Maycroft, who graduated in May with a Master of Public Policy, examines how academics can gain publication on the opinion pages of the nation's leading newspapers. The findings of the study were reported in The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and PR Week. Published in Politics & Policy (Blackwell Publishing, August 2008)
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A National Survey of Local Land-Use Regulations: Steps Toward a Beginning

Robert W. Burchell and Michael L. Lahr, Principal Investigators.
This report provides valuable information and guidance to anyone in the research and policy communities concerned with obtaining sound data for regulatory barriers and related land-use issues.
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R/ECON Summer 2008 Forecast - New Jersey: Downturn or Just No Growth?

Summer 2008 R/ECON™ report charts continuing decline in state job growth, predicts two more years of stagnation.
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New Jersey Logistical Competitiveness: Ominous Trendlines

First in new series of Hughes/Seneca reports for the NJ Society of Industrial and Office Realtors focuses on Port Newark/Elizabeth and the related logistics industry in New Jersey.

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New Rutgers Regional Report Issued, Reversal of Economic Fortune

Bloustein School Dean James W. Hughes and University Professor Joseph J. Seneca issued Rutgers Regional Report #27, Reversal of Economic Fortune:Regional and State Prosperity At Risk

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Sitar-Rutgers Regional Report
The Sitar-Rutgers Regional Report is a joint venture of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Sitar Company/Oncor International. It is a quarterly report monitoring the overall economy of the state and its office markets. It is edited by James W. Hughes and Joseph J. Seneca.
Latest Issue - November 2008

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NJ Economic Policy Forum Conducts First 'C-Suite Survey'

Bloustein School completes first of three annual surveys of corporate leaders on the health of state's economy.
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New Rutgers Regional Report Issued, Where Have All the Dollars Gone?
Bloustein School Dean James W. Hughes and University Professor Joseph J. Seneca issued Rutgers Regional Report #26, Where Have All the Dollars Gone? An Analysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns.
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Updated Economic Benefits of the New Jersey Stem Cell Capital Projects and Research Bond Acts
This report by Dr. Joseph J. Seneca, University Professor, and Will Irving, Research Associate, is an update of the analysis of the economic benefits of the New Jersey stem cell research initiative submitted by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University to Governor Richard J. Codey in October of 2005. Since that original report was completed, the initiative has been revised and now consists of bond acts that would authorize capital expenditures of $270 million for construction and equipping of stem cell research and other biomedical facilities and $450 million in funds for on-going stem cell research. Click here to read the report

Local Public Finance Database
The Center for Urban Policy Research, in collaboration with the Center of Government Services, has assembled the first Local Public Finance Database, providing property tax and local spending data for New Jersey's 21 counties, 566 municipalities, and more than 600 school districts. The data can also be viewed for the municipalities comprising the New Jersey Meadowlands, Pinelands, Highlands, and Abbott school district areas.
Click here for Excel Spreadsheet (12 MB) (February 2007)
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Business Employment Incentive Program (BEIP) Reports
2007 - Characteristics and Projected Economic Impact of BEIP Awards prepared for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. Written by Joseph J. Seneca, University Professor; James W. Hughes, Dean; and Will Irving, Research Associate.
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Who Lives in New Jersey Housing? New Jersey Demographic Multipliers: The Profile of Occupants of Residential and Nonresidential Development (2007)
Written by David Listokin with Ioan Voicu, William Dolphin and Matthew Camp from the Center for Urban Policy Research. Click here to view the report.