--- title: "Data Feed: N.J.’s ‘Bridgegate,’ aging workforce, health exchange sign-ups" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-01-14" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/14/data-feed-n-j-s-bridgegate-aging-workforce-health-exchange-sign-ups/" --- # Data Feed: N.J.’s ‘Bridgegate,’ aging workforce, health exchange sign-ups *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [New Jersey riveted to Bridgegate](http://www.monmouth.edu/university/monmouth-university-polling-institute.aspx), Monmouth University [Christie story attracts little public interest nationally](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/01/13/christie-story-attracts-little-public-interest/), Pew Research Center [Comparing ideological divides in Britain, U.S.](http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/british-and-american-political-systems-are-trading-places-20140113), National Journal [23% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in U.S.](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166823/one-four-americans-satisfied-direction.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [The vulnerability of nuclear-arms materials](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/01/daily-chart-8), The Economist [How U.S. state legislatures are polarized and getting more polarized](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/14/how-u-s-state-legislatures-are-polarized-and-getting-more-polarized-in-2-graphs/), The Washington Post [Do trends in U.S. inequality matter for norms of global governance?](http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/01/us-inequality-global-governance-graham) Brookings [Public opinion on the Obama presidency thus far](http://www.scribd.com/doc/199595384/The-Obama-presidency-thus-far), American Enterprise Institute **Economy** [Poverty and inequality in charts](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/poverty-and-inequality-in-charts/), The New York Times [Homeownership among real estate professionals; Do they walk the walk?](http://trends.truliablog.com/2014/01/do-real-estate-pros-walk-the-walk/) Trulia Trends [Survey of Consumer Expectations](http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2014/rp140113.html), Federal Reserve Bank of New York [U.S. boosts natural gas use, OECD Europe scales back](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14591), Energy Information Administration [Is the aging workforce really creating your skill shortages?](http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/01/is-the-aging-workforce-really-creating-your-skill-shortages/?utm_source=Socialflow&utm_medium=Tweet&utm_campaign=Socialflow) Harvard Business Review **International** [Religious hostilities reach six-year high](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2014/01/14/religious-hostilities-reach-six-year-high/), Pew Research Center [Why big cities matter in the developing world](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/01/why-big-cities-matter-developing-world/6025/), The Atlantic Cities [Industrial production up by 1.8% in euro area](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/4-14012014-AP/EN/4-14012014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Economic growth and government spending in Saudi Arabia](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2014/wp1403.pdf), International Monetary Fund [OECD unemployment rate falls to 7.8% in November 2013](http://www.oecd.org/std/labour-stats/harmonisedunemploymentrateshursoecd-updatedjanuary2014.htm), OECD [Is it true there’s a ‘startling’ rise in birthrate of British Muslims?](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/10/rise-british-muslim-birthrate-the-times-census) Guardian [Spousal migration and later-life health for older Mexican women](http://papers.ccpr.ucla.edu/papers/PWP-CCPR-2014-001/PWP-CCPR-2014-001.pdf), University of California, Los Angeles **Science & Technology** [Religion, partisanship and attitudes toward science policy](http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/4/1/2158244013518932), SAGE [Overfishing doesn’t just shrink fish populations–they often don’t recover afterwards](http://qz.com/166084/overfishing-doesnt-just-shrink-fish-populations-they-often-dont-recover-afterwards/#/h/40328,1,40330,2/), Quartz [Tech pipeline is alarmingly white](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/education/tech-pipeline-is-alarmingly-white-20140114), National Journal **Health** [Nearly 2.2 million selected plans in marketplaces by Dec. 28, 2013](http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2014pres/01/20140113a.html), Health and Human Services [Who’s getting Obamacare? These four charts give some big clues](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116202/hhs-releases-obamacare-enrollment-data-young-slower-sign), New Republic [A second look at Medicaid enrollment numbers](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/14/a_second_look_at_medicaid_enrollment_numbers_121209.html), Real Clear Politics [Medicaid and CHIP eligibility levels for children and non-disabled adults as of Jan. 1](http://kff.org/medicaid/fact-sheet/where-are-states-today-medicaid-and-chip/), Kaiser Family Foundation [Study: Navigator laws limit health exchange outreach](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/14/navigator-laws-limit-health-outreach-efforts/4462759/), USA Today [Survey: Obamacare worries Hill aides](http://congressfoundation.org/news/press-releases/1047-survey-shows-changes-in-congressional-budgets-and-benefits-could-lead-to-staff-departures-in-congress), Congressional Management Foundation via [Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/obamacare-hill-aides-poll-102094.html?hp=l16) [Prosecutions of health care fraud law reach new high in FY 2013](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140114.html), TRAC Syracuse *Got new data to share? 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