Rodgers appeared on Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers’ mental health. He also co-authored a report on the subject titled, Mental Health Crisis during the COVID-19 Pandemic, which was published by the Century Foundation. Additionally, he discussed pandemic-related worker shortages in a recent Forbes Forbes article.

Rodgers is Chief Economist at the Heldrich Center and a Professor of Public Policy at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.