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Why Finance MattersRoughly one-half of the world’s adults, about 2.5 billion people, have neither a bank account nor access to semiformal financial services such as “microcredit,” the growing practice in developing nations of providing small loans, typically less …
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Vanessa L. Deane to serve as Visiting Professor of Urban Planning at Sorbonne Université in Paris, FranceVanessa L. Deane will serve as Visiting Professor of Urban Planning at Sorbonne Université in Paris, France during the Fall 2022 semester. In this capacity, she endeavors to explore the praxis of climate justice, urban development, and local governance …
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On the folly of principals' power: Managerial psychology as a cause of bad incentivesFaulty and dysfunctional incentive systems have long interested, and frustrated, managers and organizational scholars alike. In this analysis, we pick up where Kerr (1975) left off and advance an explanation for why bad incentive systems are so prevalent …
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The Role of Diabetes Mellitus in the Higher Prevalence of Tuberculosis Among HispanicsOBJECTIVES: This research studied the relative contribution of diabetes mellitus to the increased prevalence of tuberculosis in Hispanics. METHODS: A case-control study was conducted involving all 5290 discharges from civilian hospitals in California …
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Development and Validation of a Brief Pediatric Screen for Asthma and Allergies Among ChildrenBackground: Asthma is the most common disease of childhood, but the recognition and detection remain poor, especially among schoolchildren. There has been an increase in the number of instruments available to detect the risk of asthma earlier in children. …
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NONCR-GP.104
Library Research and Citation MethodsThis interactive workshop serves as an introduction to the many NYU Libraries resources and services available to Wagner students that will help students develop skills appropriate to graduate-level research. In the session, we will cover fundamental …Faculty Profile
Thomas SugrueThomas Sugrue is Silver Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History, Director of the NYU Cities Collaborative and Director of the Metropolitan Studies Program. A leading scholar of urban and suburban America, race, politics, and public policy, …
Capstone Projects
Evaluation of the World Banks Secondary Urban Development Program in the Kingdom of BhutanThe Capstone team was asked to evaluate selected aspects of the World Banks secondary urban development program in selected pilot towns in Bhutan and to assess its relevance for other Bhutanese towns and other nations strategic urban development policy. …
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PADM-GP.4401
Race, Crime, and Incarceration Policy in the United StatesRecent momentum behind criminal justice reform permitted new discussions concerning incarceration policy and punishment in the United States. This course takes an interdisciplinary approach in examining the role of crime, incarceration policy, and …Course
CAP-GP.3602
Capstone: Advanced Projects in Urban Planning IIContinuation of CAP-GP.3601. As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social …Course
PADM-GP.2203
Economics of International DevelopmentWhile some countries have achieved unprecedented rates of economic growth in the past half century, other countries have experienced set-backs. For those that have seen rapid growth, economic changes have not always translated into proportional social …Alumni In Action
Anne MontesanoCan you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I work for Results For America (RFA), a national nonprofit that helps all levels of government use data and evidence to drive decisions and policymaking in order to advance economic mobility and …
Alumni In Action
Tashiah SingletonPlease describe why you chose NYU Wagner for graduate school? When looking for graduate programs, I wanted to pursue a school with an interdisciplinary approach. I loved the idea of thought partnering with students from different degree programs and …
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Fields of StudyStudents choose two fields of study and must pass a Comprehensive Exam for each field by the end of the second year of study. A core doctoral field ( Management or Public Policy ) Another established field or a customized field. For this field students …
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Variation in payment rates under Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment SystemPublished online 2016 Apr 8. Objective To measure variation in payment rates under Medicare's Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and identify the main payment adjustments that drive variation. Data Sources/Study Setting Medicare cost reports for …
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Affordability, Perceived Racism, and Healthcare System Distrust among African American Women Aged 45 and OlderUnaffordable healthcare costs—a major concern for Americans--disproportionately affect African Americans (AA), who are more likely to distrust the healthcare system due to past mistreatment and discrimination. However, the relationships between …
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Central Harlem Demographic and Market Analysis"The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to preserve the historic Apollo Theater and expand the reach of the “Apollo Experience.” The Apollo is now at a pivotal point in its development, as it attempts to find a …
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Research at NYU Wagner will explore how transportation and housing sectors can help build a "culture of health"The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ( RWJF ) has selected NYU Wagner to carry out research on policies, laws, and other regulatory tools that can support RWJF’s mission to build a “culture of health” in the public and private sectors. RWJF’s new research …
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GENTRIFICATION AND HEALTH: FRAMEWORK AND COMMUNITY TOOLSThe Center for Health Equity (CHE) is a division of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) whose mission is “to strengthen and amplify the DOHMH's work to eliminate health inequities, which are rooted in historical and …
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Early environmental origins of neurodegenerative disease in later lifeParkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease (AD), the two most common neurodegenerative disorders in American adults, are of purely genetic origin in a minority of cases and appear in most instances to arise through interactions among genetic and …
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Economic Evaluation of an HIV Prevention Intervention for Seropositive Injection Drug UsersTo assess the cost-effectiveness of Intervention for HIV-Seropositive injection drug users-Research and Evaluation (INSPIRE), designed to reduce risky sexual and needle-sharing behaviors in research sites in four US cities (2001-2003). Methods: We …
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The Effects of Acculturation on Asthma Burden in a Community Sample of Mexican American SchoolchildrenWe sought to determine whether low acculturation among Mexican American caregivers protects their children against asthma. Methods. Data were obtained from an observational study of urban pediatric asthma. Dependent variables were children's diagnosed …
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Wage inequality, health care, and infant mortality in 19 industrialized countriesThis pooled, cross-sectional, time-series study assesses the impact of health system variables on the relationship between wage inequality and infant mortality in 19 OECD countries over the period 1970-1996. Data are derived from the OECD, World Value …
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Children Facing Economic Hardship in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990'sThis paper helps document significant improvements in the child low-income rate as well as the significant decrease in the proportion of children who relied on public assistance in the United States during the 1990s. Many disadvantaged groups of children …