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Efficient discovery of heterogeneous treat- ment effects in randomized experiments via anomalous pattern detection.E. McFowland III, S. Somanchi and D. B. Neill …
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Debates of the Century @ NYU Wagner: “New York City should implement congestion pricing”By Gretha Suarez (MUP) and Aldana Vales (Journalism-Studio 20) On Wednesday, February 26, 2019, NYU Wagner and The Century Foundation hosted the eleventh Debates of the Century on whether New York City should implement congestion pricing to tackle the …
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Health Policy - PhDThis field concerns the research that informs health policy. It deals both with the substantive findings of that research, and with the methodological issues that researchers face. The field encompasses a broad set of activities and issues pertaining to …
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Childhood Obesity Prevention/Intervention in New York CityAsphalt Green is a sports and fitness facility located in Manhattans Upper East Side, known best as New York Citys premiere aquatics facility. Catering to a diverse group of New Yorkers, Asphalt Green serves fee-based clientele through youth and masters …
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David BergmanHow has Wagner helped you on your career path? While at Wagner, I started working full time for a trade association of nonprofit mental health providers in NYC, and my career path has been an outgrowth of that. The classes that I took with Professor …
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#MyWagnerLife: Ashley Putnam (MPA-PNP)… Ashley Putnam (@AshleyAPutnam) December 5, 2014 Group 1 recommends amending Right to #Shelter to require NY state …
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Projects - ICIS… INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES (CRISP) TYPE 1: REDUCTIONIST AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE … INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES (CRISP) TYPE 1: REDUCTIONIST AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES TO IMPROVE THE … Interdependent Infrastructure Processes and Systems (RIPS) 1 program through NYU-Tandon. 2014-2017. (NSF #1441140) …
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Preliminary Qualifying ExaminationDesign of the PQE The PQE is an essay exam constructed to assess the student's capability to design a research proposal based on a research problem scenario presented to them. It also tests the capacity for clear and logical expository writing. The …
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SHAPING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN NEW YORK CITY’S FOOD SYSTEM… practices that help divert food waste from landfill: 1) knowledge gap and language barriers, 2) lack of economic …
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Safety in the 21st Century City: Neighborhood Safety Beyond Policing | April 24, 2018Safety in the 21st Century City: Neighborhood Safety Beyond Policing | April 24, 2018 …
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NYU Wagner Labor InitiativeThe NYU Wagner Labor Initiative explores, advocates for, and accelerates the often-untapped potential of government in safeguarding and advancing workers' rights. The Labor Initiative helps government work for workers, by serving as a hub of analysis, …
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Sona JoshiWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I chose Wagner for the education that I knew I would receive there. I wanted to build a career in healthcare and picked the program that would provide me with the strongest foundation. I chose my …
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MSPP-GP.2100
Communication Skills for Policy Analysts… be due every week that the seminar meets and will include: 1) Issue Briefs; 2) Memos; 3) Oral Presentations; 4) Press …Publication
Poverty and Migration in the Digital Age: Experimental Evidence on Mobile Banking in BangladeshRapid urbanization is reshaping economies and intensifying spatial inequalities. In Bangladesh, we experimentally introduced mobile banking to very poor rural households and family members who had migrated to the city, testing whether mobile technology …
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Achieving Horizontal Equity: Must We Have A Single-Payer Health System?The question posed in this paper is whether single-payer health care systems are more likely to provide equal treatment for equal need (horizontal equity) than are multipayer systems. To address this question, we compare access to primary and specialty …
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ReportsIssue Brief: 2025 State Workers’ Rights Roundup , NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, October 30, 2025. Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions , NYU Wagner Labor Initative, April 22, 2025. Quick Fixes to …
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EXEC-GP.4101
Conflict Management and Negotiation (EMPA)The public/nonprofit administrator, whether primarily concerned with management, policy or finance, is called upon to manage or becomes involved in a wide variety of conflicts. Conflict is ubiquitous - within and between organizations and agencies, …Course
PADM-GP.4101
Conflict Management and NegotiationThe public/nonprofit administrator, whether primarily concerned with management, policy or finance, is called upon to manage or becomes involved in a wide variety of conflicts. Conflict is ubiquitous - within and between organizations and agencies, …Webpage
Academic Articles and WritingHow Local Government Can Protect Workers' Rights Even When States Do Not Want Them to: Opportunities for Local Creativity and Persistence Despite Double Preemption , (co-author LiJia Gong), Fordham Urban Law Journal , 2024. State Policy Levers to Fight …
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WSA CommitteesOpportunities to get involved The Wagner Student Association (WSA) has many ways for new and continuing students to get involved! Take a look at some of our exciting committees below. Constitution Review Committee Help us shape how WSA governs by being an …
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INDEP-GP.1900
Independent Reading… 1.5-3 credits. An independent reading must be proposed to, …News
A US-Colombia university collaboration launches the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiative… and students. The last presentation of the series, on May 1, was a virtual event with Professor Bastien Bosa. His talk, …