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What Federal Employees Want from ReformIt is no longer clear that the federal government work force can pass the following five tests of a healthy public service, which are that it should be: -Motivated by the public good, not security or a stable paycheck. -Recruited from the top of the labor …
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Family Engagement ProjectIn the current environment of high-stakes accountability in education, increased achievement in highly stressed schools has become paramount. Research has shown that effective family involvement in education is correlated with students’ academic and …
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Family Engagement ProjectIn the current environment of high-stakes accountability in education, increased achievement in highly stressed schools has become paramount. Research has shown that effective family involvement in education is correlated with students’ academic and …
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Migration Choices of the Boomerang Generation: Does Returning Home Dampen Labor Market Adjustment?… parent, simulated negative labor market shocks in the form of increases in unemployment accompanied by decreases in …
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Electricity Case: Main Report: Risk, Consequences, and Economic Accounting… terms of hypothetical alternative attack scenarios in the form of various grid configurations that are vulnerable based …
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Event Recap: 28th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health ForumOn Thursday, April 10, NYU Wagner hosted the 28th Annual Kovner-Behrman Health Forum. Moderated by Dean Sherry Glied, the panel featured experienced health leaders Pamela Brier, former president and CEO of Maimonides Medical Center; Jeanne Lambrew, …
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Immigrant and Native-born Differences in School Stability and Special Education: Evidence from New York CityUsing the literature on achievement differences as a framework and motivation, along with data on New York City students, we examine nativity differences in students' rates of attendance, school mobility, school system exit, and special education …
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Rent Payments in Affordable Housing During the Pandemic… have missed a full month’s rent payment at least once—a form of nonpayment we can measure consistently across …
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The Fair Housing Act Today: Current Context and Challenges at 50As is true for most legislation, the Fair Housing Act (FHA) was a product of its time; the legislation’s content, and even passage, was formed by dominant issues in housing markets and the country at that time. The context shaped the goals of the FHA and …
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Evaluating Impact of Humanitarian "Edutainment" in the Great Lakes Area… This methodology relied on a prerecorded audio survey form, played on portable CD players to a random sample that …
Alumni In Action
Michael PatulloWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? Wagner's emphasis on the intersection between theory and practice very much appealed to me, as was the opportunity to take classes across a wide range of subject areas—from urban policy to quantitative …
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ADORE: A Framework for Community Building to Dismantle anti-Black Racism in Academia… The aggregate impact of anti-Black racism, a specific form of racism, potentiates the marginalization of Black …
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Economic development without pre-requisites: How Bolivian firms met food safety standards and dominated the global brazil-nut marketBrazilian firms used to dominate the brazil nut (BN) market to such an extent that the product still carries the country’s name. Presently, 77% of all BNs are processed and exported by Bolivia, a country with far fewer resources than its neighbor. This …
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The Unbanked: Evidence from IndonesiaTo analyze the prospects for expanding financial access to the poor, bank professionals assessed 1,438 households in six provinces in Indonesia to judge their creditworthiness. About 40 percent of poor households were judged creditworthy according to the …
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The Shape of Guaranteed Income… most urgent needs: a guaranteed minimum income . But what form should this guaranteed income take? It's not as obvious …
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Highlights from the Class of 2023 ConvocationThe vibrant halls of the historic New York City Center resonated with applause and celebration as NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service held its Convocation ceremony on Friday, May 19. The ceremony marked a significant milestone for the …
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Health Policy - PhDThis field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to …
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The Effect of Residential Mobility on Student Performance: Evidence from New York CityResidential mobility is likely to have consequences for student performance, but prior empirical work is largely correlational and offers little insight into its impacts. Using rich, longitudinal data, we estimate the effects of residential mobility on …
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A US-Colombia university collaboration launches the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiative… findings emerged from archival research combined with a form of collaborative ethnography involving the local …
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From Rescue to Renaissance: The Achievements of the MTA Capital Program 1982 - 2004In December 2004, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) proposed a plan for the next five years of its capital program, and, concurrently, the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of …
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Financial Incentives and Purchase Restrictions In a Food Benefit Program Affect the Types of Foods and Beverages Purchased: Results from a Randomized TrialFrench SA, Rydell SA, Mitchell NR, Oakes JM, Elbel B, Harnack L …
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Alain Bertaud… and Urban Economics) focusing on the impact on urban form of the complex interaction between land markets, …