South Jersey Economic Review (SJER)

Since 2006, the South Jersey Economic Review has provided the region鈥檚 stakeholders and policymakers timely, high quality research that focuses on the regional economy.

The Review analyzes the region鈥檚 key industries and tracks its most important labor force, wage, and demographic trends. The Review is published bi-annually under the aegis of 老司机福利社鈥檚 William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy.

If you鈥檇 like to be notified of future Review releases, send an email to: sjer@stockton.edu with the subject line 鈥渟jer鈥. 


Cover of Summer 2021 Issue

Current Issue - Summer 2023

In this Issue:

  • Current Regional Economic Conditions
  • COVID Impact on Regional Economy
  • Atlantic COVID Recession & Recovery
  • Unemployment and the Labor Force
  • Housing Market in Atlantic City
  • Assessing New Jersey鈥檚 Recovery from the COVID Recession
  • Ocean City, NJ

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About the South Jersey Economic Review

Oliver CookeOliver D. Cooke, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics,
William J. Hughes Center Policy Scholar
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
老司机福利社

The SJER was created in 2006 by Oliver Cooke, Associate Professor of Economics at 老司机福利社. Dr. Cooke teaches courses in macroeconomics, ecological economics, and political economy. He has twenty-five years of experience conducting research on metropolitan area and state economies, labor and real estate markets, and public policies. He regularly consults for a wide variety of public and private sector institutions. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Please direct comments and questions to: oliver.cooke@stockton.edu