Jobs and the Economy

Endnotes

  1. American Community Survey, Educational Attainment 2015.
  2. Justin Fox: “Connecticut and New Jersey: Rich States, Poor Economies,” Bloomberg View, January 14, 2016.
  3. Jon Whiten: “October Jobs Numbers: The Slog Continues,” New Jersey Policy Perspective, November 21, 2016.
  4. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Table I: Major Indicators of Labor Market Activity for New Jersey, May 2017. June 15, 2017.
  5. Jason Titian: “New Jersey’s Occupational Mix is Diverse and Earns Above Average Wages,” NJ Labor Market Views, Issue 31. Office of Research and Information, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, September 16, 2014.
  6. U.S. Census Bureau: 2014 American Community Survey data.
  7. Ibid.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau: 2011-2015 American Community Survey. Analysis available at http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
  9. United Way of Northern New Jersey” ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed; New Jersey,” 2016, p 3.
  10. U.S. Census Bureau: 2014 American Community Survey data.
  11. Ibid.
  12. United Way of Northern New Jersey: “ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed; New Jersey,” 2016. Exhibit III.
  13. New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Industry and Occupational Employment Projections 2014-2024.
  14. Andrew Sum, Ishwar Khatiwada, Mykhaylo Trubskyy, Martha Ross, Walter McHugh, and Sheila Palma: “The plummeting labor market fortunes of teens and young adults.” Brookings Institution, March 2014.
  15. Roland G Fryer, Jr., Devah Pager, and Jörg L Spenkuch: “Racial Disparities in Job Finding and Offered Wages. Journal of Law and Economics 56 (August 2013):633-689.
  16. Samantha Marcus: “Five Things You Should Know about NJ’s $15 Minimum Wage Fight,” NJ Advance Media/NJ.com.
  17. United Way of Northern New Jersey” ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed; New Jersey,” 2016. Figure 13.
  18. Sylvia Allegretto and David Cooper: “Twenty-three years and Still Waiting for Change,” Economic Policy Institute, July 10, 2014.
  19. The Sentencing Project: State-by-State Data (analysis of U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data for 2015).
  20. E. Ann Carson: Prisoners in 2014. Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. September 2015.
  21. Amanda Y. Agan and Sonja B. Starr: “Ban the Box, Criminal Records, and Statistical Discrimination: A Field Experiment.” U of Michigan Law & Econ Research Paper No. 16-012. June 14, 2016.
  22. New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: “A Social Justice Vision for New Jersey: The Institute’s 2017 Platform Agenda.”
  23. State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development: Current Program Statistics. August 2016.
  24. State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Division of Family Development: Current Program Statistics. August 2016.
  25. Erika J. Nava: “NJPP Testimony: We Can All Bene t from Sharing the Road with More Licensed Drivers,” delivered to the NJ Assembly Homeland Security & State Preparedness Committee, November 16, 2015.
  26. Erika J. Nava: “Fast Facts: Allowing Undocumented Residents to Drive Legally Would Help New Jersey,” New Jersey Policy Perspective, November 5, 2015.
  27. New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: “A Social Justice Vision for New Jersey: The Institute’s 2017 Platform Agenda.”
  28. U.S. Small Business Administration: Small Business Trends.
  29. Jon Whiten: “New Jersey’s Surge in Business Tax Subsidies Reaches New Heights,” New Jersey Policy Perspective, June 2014
  30. Michael Mazerov and Michael Leachman: “State Job Creation Strategies Often Off Base,” Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, February 3, 2016, Figure 2.
  31. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: “The Employment Situation – March 2017.”
  32. Anthony P. Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Jeff Strohl, Recovery; Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2020 State Report, Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, June 2013, p 71.
  33. New Jersey Department of Education: Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rates, 2016.
  34. All data on completion rates are available at the website of the NJ Office of the Secretary of Higher Education at http://www.state.nj.us/highereducation/statistics/.
  35. Complete College America, July 15, 2016.
  36. New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: “A Social Justice Vision for New Jersey: The Institute’s 2017 Platform Agenda.”
  37. White House: Fact Sheet: The Opportunity Project, October 6, 2016. 

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