On April 5, 2018 Walter Rand Institute Faculty Fellow Michael Hayes presented findings from his report at WRI’s Forum About South Jersey. More than 80 people attended the Forum to learn about the distribution of state funds to municipalities across New Jersey.
Category: Forums
Is South Jersey Getting its ‘Fair Share’ of Public Goods?
Conducted by WRI Faculty Fellow Shauna Shames and her assistant Spencer T. Clayton, this report investigates multiple differences between counties in three New Jersey regions: North, Central, and South. The report finds striking differences in the provision of public goods across regions, with South Jersey counties on average receiving less state assistance, a smaller share of … Continue reading Is South Jersey Getting its ‘Fair Share’ of Public Goods?…
Don’t Sugarcoat It: Diabetes Prevention Services in Southern New Jersey
Conducted by WRI Faculty Fellow Janice M. Beitz, this report acknowledges how New Jersey, especially Southern New Jersey, and the United States are facing a tsunami of diabetes mellitus type 2 development in the next decade. The core of the report offers busy primary care providers with a resource via a targeted scrutiny of easily identified diabetes prevention services in … Continue reading Don’t Sugarcoat It: Diabetes Prevention Services in Southern New Jersey…
Poverty Dynamics In South Jersey: Trends and Determinants, 1970–2012
Christopher Wheeler, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University–Camden tracks significant changes in levels of poverty across the region and looks at the economic and population shifts that influenced these changes. Read More
Changes Across the Region: People, Economy and Wellbeing
Dr. Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn’s paper focuses on the demography, economic state, and overall health of the eight-county South Jersey region. Using public data from the Census Bureau, Department of Labor, and numerous other sources, Dr. Okulicz-Kozaryn paints a vivid picture of the strengths and weaknesses of each county in South Jersey through a series of complex … Continue reading Changes Across the Region: People, Economy and Wellbeing…
South Jersey’s Views on Sprawl, Development and Regional Identity
The report, “South Jersey’s Views on Sprawl, Development, and Regional Identity,” is based on surveys conducted in 2001, surrounding the issues of suburban sprawl, development and regional identity. Survey responses from South Jerseyans help to understand the myths related to South Jersey’s identity, and the cycle of valuing open space while urban flight and suburban … Continue reading South Jersey’s Views on Sprawl, Development and Regional Identity…