Gender, Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Research

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Stephanie Walsh

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Loss_of_Work_Income_Insecurity_Race_Ethnicity.pdf (537.03 KB)

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Examines differences in loss of income and employment by race and ethnicity to better understand how those in New Jersey are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief is the first in a new Heldrich Center research series titled, Wages and Wealth in the Context of COVID-19. The series explores the impact of the pandemic on New Jersey workers and households by different demographics.

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New research brief examines differences in loss of income and employment by race and ethnicity in New Jersey during the pandemic.

Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy for Black Males

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Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy for Black Males

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Postsecondary Education

Program Evaluation

Postsecondary Education and Training

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Published Date

January 1, 2009

Status

Completed

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U.S. Department of Education’s Predominantly Black Institutions Grant Program

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Projects

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From 2009 to 2011, the Heldrich Center evaluated the Stay-in-Step Academy, which sought to improve the non-cognitive skills of black males at Essex County College. The program’s goal was to boost students’ motivation, their sense of self-efficacy, and other attitudes associated with positive academic and life outcomes. The center conducted a process evaluation of the program’s implementation, based on surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The center also conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation using the college’s student records data of whether the program improved the retention in college of black males who participated in the program compared to similar black males who did not participate.

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Evaluation of a program seeking to improve the non-cognitive skills of black males at Essex County College.

Evaluation of Essex County College’s Predominantly Black Institutions Formula Grant

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Evaluation of Essex County College’s Predominantly Black Institutions Formula Grant

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Program Evaluation

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Published Date

January 1, 2009

Status

Completed

Funded By

U.S. Department of Education’s Predominantly Black Institutions Grant Program

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Projects

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The Heldrich Center evaluated four diverse initiatives at Essex County College in New Jersey that were funded as part of its Predominantly Black Institutions formula grant: recitation sections for math, a learning community in English and math for remedial students, instruction of professors in how to use computer software to improve instruction in mathematics, and a college preparatory program for individuals who have dropped out of high school. For the mathematics recitation, the center conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of the effect of the recitation on student grades and retention in college. For the others, the center conducted process evaluations using surveys, interviews, and focus groups to evaluate how well these initiatives were being implemented.

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Evaluations of initiatives at Essex County College.

Wages & Wealth: A Data Story of Wage Share of Income for New Jersey Households

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Wages & Wealth: A Data Story of Wage Share of Income for New Jersey Households

Topic

Quantitative Data Analysis

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Published Date

April 5, 2018

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Stephanie Walsh

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This data story analyzes what share of the households' income is from wages in order to understand how wages affect household incomes. Differences in income source by race of householder, total income, and other demographics are highlighted.

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Data story about how wages affect household income.

Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes

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Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes

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February 2, 2010

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William M. Rodgers II

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working_paper09-10.pdf (196.79 KB)

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Estimates the impact that the September 11th terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals with nativity profiles similar to the terrorists. The authors find that the employment-population ratios and hours worked of very young (ages 16 to 25) Muslim men fell. By 2004, most losses had begun to dissipate. The employment-population ratios and hours worked of older Muslim men experienced little deterioration.

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Estimates the impact that the 9-11 terrorists attacks had on the U.S. labor market outcomes of individuals with nativity profiles similar to the terrorists.

Male White-Black Wage Gaps, 1979-1994: A Distributional Analysis

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Male White-Black Wage Gaps, 1979-1994: A Distributional Analysis

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Published Date

September 7, 2005

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WP_07.pdf (287.91 KB)

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Examines whether the increased variance of wages in skill distribution during the 1980s explains the growth in within-group white-black wage gaps, develops a skill-specific decomposition that measures the variance’s contribution to the wage gap’s growth at various skill levels of the distribution, and shows that the wage distribution’s variance is an important contributor to the overall wage gap’s growth.

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Examines whether the increased variance of wages in skill distribution during the 1980s explains the growth in within-group white-black wage gaps.

Impact of 9/11 and the London Bombings on the Employment and Earnings of U.K. Muslims

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Impact of 9/11 and the London Bombings on the Employment and Earnings of U.K. Muslims

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admin Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:13

Published Date

February 2, 2010

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(OLD) Related Experts

William M. Rodgers II

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UK-Muslims.pdf (184.92 KB)

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Estimates the impact that Britain’s July 2005 bombings had on the labor market outcomes of United Kingdom residents who are either Muslim by religious affiliation or whose nativity profiles are similar to the terrorists

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Estimates the impact that 9/11 and Britain’s July 2005 bombings had on the labor market outcomes of UK residents.

Foreign Investment: New Jersey’s Foreign-Born Workers Boost the State’s Economy

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Foreign Investment: New Jersey’s Foreign-Born Workers Boost the State’s Economy

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admin Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:12

Published Date

February 1, 2008

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Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

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Economic Research and Analysis

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Carl E. Van Horn

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Foreign_Investment-NJ Biz.pdf (95.76 KB)

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Explains the value that foreign-born workers in New Jersey bring to the state’s economy despite the broader public’s divided, sometimes negative view of immigrants.

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Article about foreign-born workers in New Jersey.

Black Workers Need More than an Economic Boom

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Black Workers Need More than an Economic Boom 

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Published Date

May 22, 2005

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