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Digital Infrastructures: Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information TechnologyAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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Themes and New DirectionsAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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WaterAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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Telecommunications: Catastrophe and Recovery in the Information CityAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
Alumni In Action
Fernando HenaoWHY DID YOU CHOOSE WAGNER FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL? I was looking for a graduate school that provided me with skills, tools and connections in order to continue my career working in the government, especially in areas related to rural development. Wagner …
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Measuring the Impact Performance of Social Enterprises Within the world of social impact, funding decisions are increasingly based on an enterprise’s ability to demonstrate that it has created meaningful impact for the people, planet, and communities it intends to serve. At present, 76 percent of impact …
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Manhattan moves, even with the PopePope Francis’ visit to the United States is an historic event that will disrupt life in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., but not in New York City. In Washington D.C., federal government workers are being advised to telecommute. Philadelphia is towing cars …
Alumni In Action
Jinny JeongHOW DID YOUR WAGNER EXPERIENCE PREPARE YOU PROFESSIONALLY FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING TODAY? One of the reasons I decided to go to graduate school was to pivot my career into the quantitative field. Wagner affirmatively provided me the opportunities and …
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Six Mayors Gather to Discuss Potential for Cities' Infrastructure Renewal Under Next PresidentNYU Wagner, in partnership with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, convened a bipartisan discussion with six mayors from around the country, including New York's Bill de Blasio, on why infrastructure in U.S. cities is key to both economic security and public …
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NYU Wagner alumnus Yusef Freeman is honored for his work in affordable housing financeRecognizing his work in the creation of thousands of units of affordable housing, NYU Wagner alumnus Yusef Freeman was lauded recently as one of the sector’s “Rising Stars.” Freeman (MPA 2013) has risen to Managing Director at McCormack Baron Salazar, a …
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NYU Wagner Alumni and Students Discuss Career Paths in AdvocacyOn November 16, 2022, the NYU Wagner Office of Career Services hosted a Careers in Advocacy panel, which highlighted the impactful work of NYU Wagner alumni working in the advocacy field. The panel featured panelists Lilian Aluri, REV UP Voting Campaign …
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NYU Wagner Recognizes Hundreds of Graduating Students at 2017 ConvocationNYU Wagner ushered hundreds of graduating students across the finish line at the 2017 Convocation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), marking what Dean Sherry Glied heralded as a “momentous achievement” in their public service careers. During their …
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The Knowledge BankThe urgency of reducing poverty in the developing world has been the subject of a public campaign by such unlikely policy experts as George Clooney, Alicia Keyes, Elton John, Angelina Jolie, and Bono. And yet accompanying the call for more foreign aid is …
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Older New Yorkers and Access-A-Ride ForecastsMore than 993,000 people, or 12 percent of the New York City population, are adults over the age of 65. As the “baby boomer” cohort begins to age past 65, adults over the age of 65 are projected to reach 20% of the nation’s population by 2030. New …
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Medicaid Expansion Led to Reductions in Postpartum HospitalizationsThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions increased preconception and postpartum insurance coverage among low-income birthing people, leading to greater use of outpatient care. In this study we evaluated whether the expansions affected rates of …
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Alumni Spotlight: Janelle M. Sauz (HPAM 2020)Janelle M. Sauz (HPAM 2020), population health management quality strategy lead, national Medicaid & state programs, Kaiser Permanente Can you share your journey into Kaiser Permanente? What initially drew you to this field, and how did your time at NYU …
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Study: Researchers Have So Far Turned a Deaf Ear to the Effect of Hearing Loss on Patient/Doctor CommunicationDoctors believe that communication with those under their care is important, but most studies of communication between physicians and older adults do not mention that hearing loss may affect this interaction. The unique finding comes from a review …
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Critical issues in alliances between management partners and accountable care organizationsAbstract Background Despite widespread engagement of accountable care organizations (ACOs) with management partners, little empirical evidence on these alliances exists to inform policymakers or payers. Management partners may be providing a valuable …
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Quantitative SupportFractions : Click on the Basic Mathematics and then the Fractions link for practice problems with video solutions on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions. http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic# Percents : Click on the Basic Mathematics …
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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 …
Faculty Profile
Joseph CimpianJoseph Cimpian, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Economics and Education Policy at NYU Steinhardt and Affiliated Faculty at NYU Wagner. His research focuses on the use and development of novel and rigorous methods to study equity and policy. One line …
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Experimental and Non-Experimental Methods in Development Economics: The Porous DialecticThis paper surveys six widely-used non-experimental methods for estimating treatment effects (instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, direct matching, propensity score matching, linear regression and non-parametric methods, and …
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Community, Events & ResourcesThe doctoral program offers numerous opportunities, both social and professional, to meet fellow doctoral students and NYU Wagner faculty. NYU Wagner Research Colloquium The Wagner Research Colloquium is a seminar series at which prominent researchers …
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Dueling Schemata: Dialectical Sensemaking About GenderRecent scholarship has shown that, despite the broad representation of women in the workplace, gender inequities in organizations remain widespread. Because gender schema ”embedded ways of thinking about men and women” contribute to this phenomenon, …