Examines the behaviors, attitudes, and opinions by age of Americans as measured in a December 2020 survey conducted by the Heldrich Center.
Research Products by Research Area
Survey Development, Design, and Analysis
Topline Results: New Jersey Business Reopening Survey
Provides results from survey about reopening New Jersey businesses.
Older Workers, Precarious Jobs, and Unemployment: Challenges and Policy Recommendations
Findings from a Heldrich Center survey of voluntary and involuntary part-time older workers.
A Tale of Two Workforces: The Benefits and Burdens of Working Part Time (report)
Provides a detailed portrait of part-time work and part-time workers in America.
Unhappy, Worried, and Pessimistic: Americans in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
Explores Americans’ views on the impact of the recession on the national economy and their own finances.
Diminished Lives and Futures: A Portrait of America in the Great-Recession Era
Explores Americans’ experiences during and after the Great Recession.
Anxious with Reason: The Future of the American Worker
Explains the overall disquiet about the economy held by American workers.
Healthy at Work? Unequal Access to Employer Wellness Programs
Examines the widespread awareness of wellness programs among American workers.
Anxious American Worker
Examines the overall disquiet about the economy held by American workers.
New Jersey Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials: 1970 to 2004
Provides a rigorous comparison of New Jersey’s public and private sector wages.
Heldrich Center 2006 New Jersey Employer Survey Results
Provides results from a survey of New Jersey employers in 2006.
Heldrich Center 2005 New Jersey Employer Survey Results
Provides results from a survey of New Jersey employers in 2005.
Work-Filled Retirement: Workers’ Changing Views on Employment and Leisure
Findings from a Work Trends survey on retirement.
At a Crossroads: American Workers Assess Jobs and Economic Security Amid the Race for President
Analyzes data collected two months before the 2004 presidential election.
Disposable Worker: Living in a Job-Loss Economy
Exposes the widespread national concern about the economy and job situation during the 2000-2003 recession.
Taking Stock of Retirement: How Workers and Employers Assess Pensions, Trust, and the Economy
Explores views of the nation’s workers and employers on the collapse of Enron.
Holding On: Americans Assess a Changing Economic Landscape
Captures and analyzes workers’ views on job security, job satisfaction, job prospects etc.
Second Wind: Workers, Retirement, and Social Security
Discusses the views of American workers on the right time for retirement.
Work and Family
In-depth analysis of workers’ ability to balance work and family.
Heldrich Center/NJSBDC Summer 2021 Outlook/Technical Assistance Needs Survey: Final Topline Survey Results
Provides topline results from a survey of New Jersey businesses conducted in July/August 2021.