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IMPACTS ON HOUSING STABILITYIn 2014, New York City (NYC) adopted its first Universal Prekindergarten (UPK) program, which promises to offer publicly funded pre-kindergarten to all New Yorkers. The Capstone team investigated the impact of NYC’s UPK on housing stability. Studies have …
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Alumni gather to discuss Affordable Housing Policy in the 21st CenturyNYU Wagner recently hosted " Affordable Housing Policy in the 21st Century ," an informal alumni discussion moderated by Professor Katherine O'Regan , who served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the US Department …
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PADM-GP.2213
Immigration Politics and Policy -- Past and PresentThe politics of immigration and immigration policy seem more critical now than ever. Public debates about immigration have roiled nations around the world, and disagreements about how immigration should be regulated, who should have the right to migrate, …Webpage
Rethinking International Support for Managing Public FinanceCurrent approaches to improving the management of public finance focus on achieving a standard trinity of objectives—fiscal discipline, allocative efficiency, and operational efficiency—by adhering to a well-defined set of processes and conventions. These …
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What Difference Does a Diagnosis Make? Evidence from Marginal PatientsThis paper explores the impact of receiving a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes among patients who are close to the diagnostic threshold using a regression discontinuity design. Using data from a large national insurer, we find that a marginally diagnosed …
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NYU Wagner Alumnus Ignacio Aravena Awarded Chilean Congress Merit MedalFor his role in the passage of crucial changes to a law aimed at reforming Chile’s building permits system, NYU Wagner alumnus Ignacio Aravena (MUP 2020) was awarded a Congress Merit Medal by Chilean Congressman Fuenzalida. Aravena assisted congress …
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New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 6: Community-Based Assessments of Adaptation and EquitySheila Foster, Robin Leichenko, Khai Hoan Nguyen, Reginald Blake, Howard Kunreuther, Malgosia Madajewicz, Elisaveta P. Petkova, Rae Zimmerman, Cecil D. Corbin-Mark, Elizabeth Yeampierre, Angela Tovar, Cynthia Herrera, Daron …
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ASSESSING THE EMPOWERMENT OF SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS IN ASIA The Local Public Sector Alliance (LPSA) is a nonprofit organization seeking to promote inclusive, equitable societies by enriching the understanding of decentralization and localization as complex, cross-cutting, and multi-stakeholder reforms. LPSA …
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Campaigning for Comprehensive Sexual Health EducationDay One is the leading organization in New York City addressing dating violence among youth. It has joined a statewide coalition to advocate for New York State legislation requiring schools to teach healthy relationships and sexual education from …
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Race/Ethnicity-Specific Associations of Urinary Phthalates with Childhood Body Mass in a Nationally Representative SampleBackground : Phthalates have antiandrogenic effects and may disrupt lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. Racial/ethnic subpopulations have been documented to have varying urinary phthalate concentrations and prevalences of childhood obesity. Objective : We …
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New York University's Advanced Management Program for PhysiciansThe Advanced Management program for Clinicians (AMPC) was established in 1986 with the help of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It is designed for health care professionals who are currently in management positions and for those who seek career …
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects NYU Wagner Dean Sherry Glied a 2022 FellowThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) has elected NYU Wagner’s Dean and Professor of Public Service Sherry Glied as a 2022 fellow. “We are celebrating a depth of achievements in a breadth of areas,” said David Oxtoby, President of the American …
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Expanding Global UR's online presenceGlobal UR, developed by the Education Development Center (EDC), is an online learning network for international development practitioners. The website features a quarterly magazine, job postings, a calendar of events, publications, links to related …
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Universal Health Insurance in France: How Sustainable? Essays on the French Health Care SystemIn France, American nostrums of unleashing market forces under the banner of "consumer-directed health care," and selective contracting by private health insurers, have gained little ground. That should not, however, lead one to conclude that the French …
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REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE WITH A COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAMTrenton, New Jersey has faced a major uptick in gun violence in recent years, particularly among the city’s youth, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the social, economic, and health issues behind it. The Trenton Mayor’s Office engaged a Capstone …
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NYU Wagner Rises in U.S. News & World Report RankingsThe newly released U.S. News & World Report rankings of 271 public affairs and administration master’s programs in the nation offers welcome confirmation that NYU Wagner is on the rise. Ranked #9 among graduate schools of its type in the latest ordering, …
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Health in Hong Kong: An International PerspectiveHong Kong stands out among wealthy megacities as having some of the best indicators of population health. Infant mortality is 3.0 per 1,000 births in Hong Kong compared to 6.2 in New York City and 4.0 in Paris, while life expectancy at birth is 78.0 years …
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Disaster in Context: The Effects of 9/11 on Youth Distant from the AttacksAlthough an increasing amount of community mental health research has investigated the deleterious effects of disasters and the targeting and efficacy of treatment in their aftermath, little research has sought to identify preexisting characteristics of …
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Confrontation and loss of control: Masculinity and men’s fear in public spaceExisting research typically examines fear in publicspace from women's perspectives. To date, environment–behavior researchers have largely overlooked men'sfear in publicspace, and the role of masculinity in shaping men's perceptions of fear and safety. …
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Revising the Senior Walking Environmental Assessment ToolBACKGROUND: The Senior Walking Environmental Assessment Tool (SWEAT), an instrument for measuring built environmental features associated with physical activity of older adults, was revised to create an easier-to-use tool for use by practitioners and …
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Pedestrian Environments, Walking Path Choice, and Transfer Penalties: Understanding Land-Use Impacts on Transit TravelThis paper investigates the impact of pedestrian environments on walking behavior, and the related choice of travel path for transit riders. Activity logs from trip surveys combined with transit-route and land-use information are used to fit …
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School Efficiency and Student Sub-groups: Is a Good School Good for Everyone?State and federal accountability reforms are putting considerable pressure on schools to increase the achievement of historically low-performing groups of students and to close test score gaps. In this article, we exploit the differences among the large …
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How Telecommunications is Shaping Urban SpacesAll too often, telecommunications systems are treated as an alternative to transportation systems, as a substitute for the physical movement of people and services. The growing use of telecommunications systems is doing far more than influence where …