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ACO Performance in Focus at Kovner-Behrman Health ForumThe Kovner-Behrman Health Forum, an eagerly anticipated annual event at NYU Wagner, explored the question of whether Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), a recent reform, are truly spurring cost reductions and greater quality through the coordination of …
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Can Small Incentives Have Large Effects? The Impact of Taxes versus Bonuses on Disposable Bag UseThis paper examines a simple element of financial incentive design – whether the incentive takes the form of a fee for bad behavior or a reward for good behavior – to determine if the framing of the incentive influences the policy's effectiveness. I …
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Summer 2021 LEAD FellowsWe are thrilled to announce the LEAD Fellows for summer 2021. Fellows will be working at a variety of organizations involved in pro-democracy and voter access work. …
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Event Summary: From Urban Decay to Urban AgricultureBy Ariel Bernstein (NYU Steinhardt, Food Studies) and Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) The Wagner Food Policy Alliance (WFPA) recently hosted “From Urban Decay to Urban Agriculture,” an event co-sponsored by the Urban Planning Student …
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Insights from a national survey into why substance abuse treatment units add prevention and outreach servicesWells, R.B. Lemak, C.H. & D’Aunno, T. …
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WAGTalk Rajeev Dehejia, “Children and Mothers’ Work: Two Centuries of Evidence”Labor force participation of women has declined over the last ten years in both the United States and the developing world. Are these phenomena linked? And what can we do about …
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GLOBSEC Young Leaders' Forum Taps NYU Wagner Global EMPA Student Jayson BrowderCongratulations, Jayson Browder, a student in NYU Wagner’s Global EMPA program! He has been selected to participate in the GLOBSEC Young Leaders' Forum 2015 – one of 35 newly selected participants from a variety of backgrounds and from 29 countries. Over …
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Pathways to Work for Low Income Workers: The Effect of Work in the Temporary Help IndustryThis paper provides new evidence to inform the policy debate about the effect of a newly important industry—the temporary help industry—on the labor market outcomes of low-income workers and those workers who are at risk of being on public assistance. The …
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Your Alumni News for July 2017… Whong (MUP 2013) became the Director of NYC Planning Labs, a new tech services unit of the NYC Department of …
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Democracy ScholarsAbout Democracy Scholars A Three Week Residential Summer Seminar Program Support for Senior Year College Application Process A Nine Month Civic Engagement Leadership Project 1) Democracy Scholars is an intensive 3-week summer seminar in political …
Faculty Profile
Malcolm AraosMalcolm Araos is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Service at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Associated Faculty in the Department of Environmental Studies. His research examines the governance and politics of adapting to …
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Faculty-Led Course Overview DiscussionsJoin us in the main room where Dean Sherry Glied will provide opening remarks. …
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Local Instruments, Global Extrapolation: External Validity of the Labor Supply - Fertility - Local Average Treatment EffectJames Bisbee, Rajeev Dehejia, Cristian Pop-Eleches, Cyrus Samii …
Capstone Projects
197A Plan for the Waterside Area of Community Board 6The Capstone team was asked by Community Board 6 to develop a comprehensive 197A plan for the Waterside Area. The Waterside Area extends from 34th street to 42nd street and from 2nd Avenue to the East River. The Waterside Area represents one of the …
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Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Public & Nonprofit Management & PolicyRally support and mobilize resources to drive systemic changes that align with social and political goals. …
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Five Years Later: Awareness of New York City’s Calorie Labels Decline with No Changes in Calories Purchased. Cantor J, Torres A, Abrams C, Elbel B. …
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PADM-GP.4506
Python Coding for Public PolicyThis 7-week course exposes the students to the application and use of data analytics in setting public policy. The course does so by teaching introductory technical programming skills that allow students to learn and apply Python code on pertinent public …Publication
Primary Care, Social Inequalities, and All-Cause, Heart Disease, and Cancer Mortality in U.S. Counties, 1990.We tested the association between the availability of primary care and income inequality on several categories of mortality in US counties. Methods. We used cross-sectional analysis of data from counties (n=3081) in 1990, including analysis of variance …
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Alain BertaudAlain Bertaud is an urbanist, who recently joined the team of the NYU Marron Institute and NYU Stern Urbanization Project as a Senior Research Scholar. Prior to his assignment with NYU in October 2012, he had been working as an independent consultant for …
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Big Data in Survey Research AAPOR Task Force ReportRecent years have seen an increase in the amount of statistics describing different phenomena based on “Big Data.” This term includes data characterized not only by their large volume, but also by their variety and velocity, the organic way in which they …
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Zhan GuoZhan Guo studies individuals’ travel behavior and explores innovative ways to influence that decision-making process to produce better social outcomes such as reduced congestion and carbon emissions. At the micro level, he focuses how travelers perceive …
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PADM-GP.2445
Poverty, Inequality, and PolicyThis course examines the nature and extent of poverty primarily in the U.S. but with a comparative perspective (developed countries in Europe). To start, this course will focus on how poverty is defined and measured. It will proceed to explore how …Alumni In Action
Marc VigliottiPlease describe your current job duties: I focus on fundraising from donors who are considering leaving money to Save the Children in their wills. This is a fast growing part of fundraising, especially as the baby boomer generation begins to consider …