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Why Theory and Practice are Different: The Gap Between Principles and Reality in Subnational Revenue SystemsEnsuring adequate subnational revenues is a core concern of fiscal decentralization. Available empirical evidence suggests that subnational revenue generation in developing countries rarely meets needs and expectations, even where conventional advice has …
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Distinguishing Good Schools from Bad in Principle and Practice: A Comparison of Four MethodsFor over a decade, perhaps no other issue in education has generated the same level of debate and policy activity as school accountability. At their most basic, accountability policies tie school rewards and sanctions to measures of school performance, …
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Transitioning to a Solar-Powered Bus Fleet: Gauging the Potential of Solar Power in the MTA’s Zero-Emission Fleet TransitionRecognizing the urgency of a changing climate, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has set ambitious goals to reduce its carbon footprint. On Earth Day 2023, the MTA announced a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 85% by 2040. To …
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Housing the Next Million New Yorkers Near TransitNew Yorkers take pride in the idea of their city as a place of opportunity. A future New York City that mostly houses those who are already successful, and no longer serves as an avenue of opportunity for upward-striving people from throughout the nation …
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Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York CityKosuke Tamura, Brian D. Elbel, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Jessica K. Athens, Julie Mline …
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#MyWagnerLife: Michael Czaczkes (MPA-PNP) TODAY! Follow student @urbanamerica87 for an exclusive "behind the scenes" look into life @NYUWagner #MyWagnerLife pic.twitter.com/wSQqFA9PHK — NYU Wagner (@NYUWagner) April 23, 2015 So excited to be participating next Thursday to share my …
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Susan LeeHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? I have had the great fortune of meeting some of my best friends at Wagner. Like minds tend to gravitate towards each other and I am so blessed to have met some wonderful folks who want to …
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Julia Watt-RosenfeldJulia Watt-Rosenfeld has been a community organizer in New York City for 20 years, working to preserve affordable housing, improve schools, prevent displacement of working class BIPOC New Yorkers and, most recently, pass climate legislation. She has …
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Density and disaster: New models of disaster recovery for housing in high-density citiesWhen Superstorm Sandy struck the New York City metropolitan area, it brought to light serious limitations in the ability of federal disaster aid programs to serve the residents of high-cost, high-density cities. Our current models of rehousing, repair, …
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The Other Danger...Scholasticism in Academic ResearchMost members of the National Association of Scholars worry about the politicization of the university. Academia gives undue preference to racial minorities in student admissions and faculty appointments. Teaching and research is often slanted toward …
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Toward a Mandatory Working Policy for MenLawrence Mead addresses the problem of nonwork among low-income men, particularly low-income black men, and its implications for families and children. The poor work effort, he says, appears to be caused partly by falling wages and other opportunity …
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State Political Culture and Welfare ReformI investigate the link between the general features of state governments and their ability to reform welfare. The best indicator of governments’ characteristics is Elazar’s political cultures. I define what successful welfare reform means, drawing on …
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Welfare Caseload Change: An Alternative ApproachIn the last decade, caseloads in AFDC/TANF have shifted dramatically up, then down. Of existing studies based on time series or state panel data, some tend to underplay the role of welfare reform. All say little about that policies drove the decline or …
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Welfare Reform in Wisconsin: The Local RoleThe article suggests a new model for the implementation of social programs based on welfare reform in Wisconsin. Existing models tend to be top-down or bottom-up, but in Wisconsin the leading counties and the state government worked interactively to …
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Implementing Work Requirements in WisconsinWhen Western counties seek to reform welfare so that recipients have to work in return for aid, this poses implementation as well as policy problems. This study of work requirements in Wisconsin illustrates the challenges. It also confirms success of a …
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Caseload Change: An Exploratory StudyThe national caseload of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (since 1996, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) rose 34 percent between 1989 and 1994,then fell 50 percent through June 1999 (data from U.S. Administration for Children and Families). …
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The Twilight of Liberal Welfare ReformThirty years ago, welfare reform was a liberal issue. In the 1960s and 1970s, government planners proposed that cash welfare benefits be raised and extended to the entire low-income population. But those proposals were rejected, and since the 1970s, the …
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Capstone EligibilityEach Program Requirement Checksheet lists the Capstone prerequisites for that specialization. Be sure to review your Program Requirement Checksheet prior to enrolling for courses in the year preceding Capstone. Doing so helps ensure that you are on track …
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Wagner Voices: NYU Wagner First-Generation Graduate Students What does it mean to be a first-generation graduate student at NYU Wagner? …
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Work Requirements and Child Tax BenefitsMany U.S. safety-net programs condition benefit eligibility on work. Eliminating work requirements would better target benefits to the neediest families but would also attenuate pro-work incentives. We study how expanding child tax credits to non-workers …