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Is Micro Too Small? Microcredit vs. SME FinanceMicrocredit and SME finance are often pitched as alternative strategies to create employment opportunities in low-income communities. So far, though, little is known about how employment patterns compare. We integrate evidence from three surveys to show …
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In Memoriam: Professor Dennis C. SmithIt is with the greatest sadness and regret that we note the passing of Dennis Smith, longtime NYU Wagner faculty member, colleague, and friend. Dennis, who died July 27 after a lengthy bout with cancer, was a leading, beloved citizen of the Wagner …
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Effects of childhood obesity on hospital care and costs, 1999-2005Childhood obesity is increasingly recognized as an epidemic, but the economic consequences have not been well quantified. We evaluated trends in obesity-associated hospitalizations, charges, and costs using 1999-2005 data from a nationally representative …
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Environmental JusticeQuantitative risk assessment is a growing, important component of the larger field of risk assessment. The need to understand the risks of an activity, be it economic, environmental, public health/biomedical, or even based on terrorist or other hazardous …
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The economic burden placed on healthcare systems by childhood obesityThe obesity epidemic has transformed children's healthcare, such that diabetes, hypertension and the metabolic syndrome are phrases more commonly used by child health providers than ever before. This article reviews the economic consequences of this …
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The War at Home: Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on Postwar Household StabilityPrior researchers have deployed the Vietnam-era draft lottery as an instrument to estimate causal effects of military service on health and earnings. However, household and residential outcomes may be more sensitive to the psychological effects of …
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Migration and the Politics of Making Skills VisibleWhen people migrate across national borders, they often encounter challenges in having their skill recognized and valued in the labor markets they enter. Migrants with skills that place them in-between the categories of highly skilled knowledge workers …
Faculty Profile
MICHAEL DUFFYMichael Thomas Duffy is a manager with extensive experience in the public, private and non-profit sector; currently he is the President of the Great Oaks Foundation, whose mission is to give students access to a quality education through High Dosage …
Faculty Profile
Christopher P. Boone, PhD, FACHE, FHIMSSChristopher P. Boone, PhD, stands out as a global executive, strategist, professor, and social scientist, with a unique passion for revolutionizing healthcare and life sciences through data and analytics. As the Group Vice President of Life Sciences …
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Career Resources & ServicesWhile you're at NYU Wagner and after you graduate, you’ll have full access to the Office of Career Services (OCS) and its powerful suite of resources. Whether you're clarifying your goals, mapping your time at school, or landing impactful roles, we’ll …
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The Weakness of Neighborhood Revitalization Planning in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program: Warnings from ConnecticutThe Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) is the nation’s largest program to produce and preserve subsidized housing. To ensure that LIHTC avoids harmfully concentrating poverty, entrenching segregation, or inefficiently deploying resources, federal law …
Capstone Projects
Refining Reinvestment: The Impact of the 1995 Community Reinvestment Act Enhancements on Minority-Owned BusinessesRefining Reinvestment: The Impact of the 1995 Community Reinvestment Act Enhancements on Minority Owned Businesses munity. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA) encouraged financial institutions to meet the particular needs of minority borrowers …
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Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care ManagementAccounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management is ideal for an introductory course in financial accounting in both undergraduate and graduate programs. With a focus on basic accounting in health care management, this essential book contains the …
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Women in Consulting PanelOn October 15th, NYU Wagner hosted Women in Consulting , a panel discussion on what a career in consulting means to three prominent women in the public sector, management, and public health consulting fields. This event was sponsored by the Wagner …
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The effect of housing wealth shocks on work and retirement decisionsUsing panel data from 2000 to 2012, we show that unanticipated zip code-level shocks to home values affect retirement, retirement reversals, and Social Security claims. Among older men, homeowners experiencing moderately negative housing price shocks are …
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DEMYSTIFYING FUND STRUCTURES FOR ALTERNATIVE OWNERSHIP ENTERPRISESTransform Finance (TF) is a research, education, and implementation partner that supports its stakeholders to challenge legacy investment approaches, seed transformative investment models, and build movement power. Traditional business operations enrich …
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Alumnus wins grant for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Resource CenterNYU Wagner graduate James Macdonald, founder of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Resource Center, is one of 50 student entrepreneurs picked to receive a $5,000 grant to focus for eight weeks on advancing their startup under the Techstars Summer Startup …
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EXPLORING THE DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY OF K-12 SCHOOLSOlivia Technologies is an ed-tech company working to eliminate the need for internet connectivity and ensure that no child bears the burden of lacking internet access for their learning. The client engaged a Capstone team to understand the landscape of …
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How We Consider ApplicantsWork Experience We value professional experience from all sectors and fields. We believe that professional experience helps students ground their studies in real experiences, enriching discourse and learning in the classroom. In addition to full-time …
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT TECHNOLOGYSurgical technologies at the NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital continue to evolve and expand, allowing surgeons to have better accuracy and spend less time in the operating room. Robotic-assisted total joint replacement surgery has shown additional …
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Preparing Your ClassEach course at Wagner requires a course syllabus. All course syllabi will be posted on the web, and must be distributed on the first day of class. You must also submit your syllabus online by the end of the first week of class The syllabus is the major …
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LEVERAGING LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR GUN SAFETY ADVOCACYEverytown for Gun Safety is a nonprofit organization that advocates for gun control and against gun violence. Its Local Government Affairs team collaborates with the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) coalition, composed of mayors and local officials, and …
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Commencement & Convocation FAQ1. What is the difference between Commencement and Convocation? Commencement is the NYU-wide ceremony held in honor of the completion and/or in anticipation of your fulfilling all academic requirements at the University. The ceremony, held at Yankee …
Alumni In Action
Scott ClarkeBetween 2006 and 2007, Scott Clarke (MPA 2008) spent a year working at a youth development organization in South Africa. It wasn’t long, however until he recognized that what he was doing was not addressing the scale of the need he saw in the country. He …