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Alumni Spotlight: Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013)Errol Pierre (MPA-HPAM 2013), chief growth officer, Healthfirst Errol is a healthcare executive, educator, and Wagner alumnus who has built a career at the intersection of health equity, strategy, and public service. A graduate of Wagner’s Health Policy …
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The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Mortgage Default Risk: Evidence from New York CityUsing a rich database of non-prime mortgages from New York City, we find that census tract level neighborhood characteristics are important predictors of default behavior, even after controlling for an extensive set of controls for loan and borrower …
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Parental Educational Investment and Children's Academic RiskThis study uses exogenous variation in sibling sex composition to estimate the causal effect of sibship size on boys' probabilities of private school attendance and grade retention. Using the 1990 U.S. Census, we find that for second-born boys, increased …
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NYU Wagner Presidents Service Award Recipients for 2015On April 21, students from across New York University were honored at the 31st Annual President's Service Awards , including four NYU Wagner students and two student groups.; The ceremony, held at the NYU Kimmel Center for University Life, honored over …
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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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PADM-GP.4316
NYU Impact Investment Fund IThe NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) is a unique inter-disciplinary, experiential learning course that exposes students to the work of an early-stage impact investor, from crafting an investment thesis to sourcing companies, performing due diligence, and …News
MPA candidate Aurora Brice wins APPAM Equity & Inclusion scholarshipNYU Wagner is pleased to spotlight Aurora Brice - and her newly announced designation as a recipient of a 2023 Equity & Inclusion Graduate Student Fellowship, awarded by the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM). This and …
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PADM-GP.2407
Advocacy LabAdvocacy Lab is for those who could imagine working in national or local advocacy organizations that make change happen or anyone who wants to understand the art of issue advocacy as a theory and method of social change. An advocacy campaign attempts to …Publication
National Trends in the Utilization of Partial Nephrectomy Before and After the Establishment of AUA Guidelines for the Management of Renal MassesObjective To assess the impact of the American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines advocating partial nephrectomy for T1 tumors guidelines on the likelihood of undergoing partial nephrectomy. Materials and Methods We analyzed the Nationwide Inpatient …
Capstone Projects
The Role of Brooklyn Congregations in Providing Social Services to ChildrenACT* (Action by Congregations Together) for Children is a Brooklyn-based grassroots organization that seeks to mobilize congregations from all faiths to become advocates for childrens issues. The Capstone team researched the needs of Brooklyn children in …
Capstone Projects
The Role of Brooklyn Congregations in Providing Social Services to ChildrenACT* (Action by Congregations Together) for Children is a Brooklyn-based grassroots organization that seeks to mobilize congregations from all faiths to become advocates for childrens issues. The Capstone team researched the needs of Brooklyn children in …
Capstone Projects
Value Chain Analysis and Food SecurityEpiscopal Relief and Development (ERD) is the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States. The global food crisis has highlighted the need for the international community to address food insecurity in …
Capstone Projects
Survey and Analysis of Community-Based Supportive Housing NonprofitsNazareth Housing is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting housing stability, helping families out of poverty, and preventing homelessness in the communities it serves. Nazareth manages several programs, including supportive housing, emergency …
Alumni In Action
Cherrelle HallWhat were you doing before you came to NYU Wagner? What brought you to the EMPA Program, and how did your time at NYU Wagner help you further your career in public service? My background is in higher education and I had worked at NYU for almost seven …
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Co-Monitoring for Transit ManagementEmerging technologies offer transit agencies an opportunity to transform fundamental aspects of their operations and the way they communicate with their riders. With nearly ubiquitous smartphones and social media tools among growing ridership patterns, …
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Test Score Gaps in New York State Schools: What do Fourth and Eighth Grade Results Show?This report analyzes performance gaps by race/ethnicity, income and gender in New York State schools using fourth and eighth grade math and English language test results. Their results highlight the legacy of racial segregation where many schools have too …
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PADM-GP.2129
Race, Identity, and Inclusion in OrganizationsThis course brings together a wide range of thinking and scholarship to encourage learning about what race is, why it matters, race and racism in organizations and how to build racial equity and justice at work. While recognizing the importance of …Capstone Projects
Kenyan County Devolution Planning for International DevelopmentAgile and Harmonized Assistance for Devolved Institutions (AHADI) is a USAID-funded project housed at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany designed to support the implementation of devolution in Kenya. SUNY enlisted a Capstone team to support …
Capstone Projects
Enhancing the Connectivity of the Prospect ExpresswayThe Prospect Expressway was originally constructed to link central Brooklyn with the Gowanus Expressway and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. Despite its aim of enhancing connectivity, the expressway cut through a formerly cohesive community, isolating …
Capstone Projects
Identifying The National Council for Research on Women's Competitive EdgeIn an effort to ensure the full utilization of the research produced by the National Council for Research on Women's network of member centers, the Capstone team conducted an internal and external audit analyzing the organization's current position in the …
Capstone Projects
Strategies for West Farms Technology and Career CenterThe Phipps Community Development Corporation West Farms Technology and Career Centers mission is to create clear pathways to opportunity, help people dream and set goals, and provide support and encouragement as people work toward their future. The …
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Promises Kept: Enforcement and the Role of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in an EconomyRotating savings and credit associations (roscas) are a popular form of informal finance in developing countries. This paper examines the rosca's ability to enforce its terms of membership and the implications that this has for their existence in an …
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A Forum on the Politics of Skills: “Reducing the “unskilled” to their bodies: Control, surveillance, and the new politics of skill.”The ILR Review invited this group of scholars who work within the fields of sociology, history, and urban planning to share their perspective on the politics of skills. We called on their expertise to draw attention to the politics that drive the …