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Decentralization and Local Development Support Program in YemenThe Capstone team was asked by United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) to look at the current arrangements of basic public service provision in Yemen, focusing on primary education, health and rural water services, and the relationship between the …
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Message From the DeanWelcome to the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service! I am delighted to serve as the Dean of NYU Wagner during this time of tremendous change and opportunity. I often say, as public servants, we run to the fire. At NYU Wagner, we …
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A world without prisons: Improving prisoners' lives and transforming the justice system… at every level. They also assist women who are already working as activists within the prisons. Push the Prison …
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Children Facing Economic Hardship in the United States: Differentials and Changes in the 1990's… than it did a decade earlier. This paper shows that working families� children in many disadvantaged social … odds of falling below low income lines among children in working families facing multiple disadvantaged … proportion of these children in various subgroups of working families in the 1990s can help explain the increased …
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EVALUATING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF COMMUNITY PRACTICES TO REDUCE VETERAN HOMELESSNESS… communities, organizations, and government agencies-often working together-to achieve improbable results. RRI enlisted … within communities and organizations are sustainable in working to reduce veteran homelessness. The team conducted an …
Doctoral Student
Matías Labbé Matías is an applied microeconomist and doctoral student at NYU-Wagner. His research interests lie broadly in development economics, with a focus on labor markets, urban economics, and poverty dynamics. Before starting his PhD, Matías worked as a …
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The impact of state and federal minimum wage increases on employment outcomes for tanf participantsIn July 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) into law, satisfying his vow to “end welfare as we know it.” The resulting program—Temporary Assistance for Needy Families …
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Open NYU: Crowdsourcing Employees of New York University's Department of Public Safety The Governance Lab (GovLab) is a research, training, and experimentation laboratory that focuses on improving peoples lives by addressing real world challenges through institutional redesign. Through the OPEN NYU project, the Capstone team worked with …
News
City & State Names Two Alumni to 2025 Arts & Culture Trailblazers ListNew York is home to world-renowned cultural institutions which have driven cultural tourism and cultivated creativity for generations. City & State’s 2025 Trailblazers in Arts & Culture power list highlights the leaders helping New York’s arts and …
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"The Design and Impact of Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Compton, California"Randomly chosen low-income households in Compton, CA received unconditional cash transfers averaging roughly $500 monthly. Half received transfers twice monthly, half quarterly. Eighteen months later, twice-monthly transfers improved food security …
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Analysis of Proposed Downtown Hicksville Rezoning… responsible growth. The organization has been working closely with local stakeholders in Hicksville, NY for …
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How to Show Success: Developing Performance Measures for Anti-Poverty Programs… measure the long-term benefits to Met Council’s clients. Working with Met Council staff, the team examined academic …
Faculty Profile
Natasha IskanderNatasha N. Iskander, James Weldon Johnson Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service, conducts research on the relationship between migration and economic development. She looks at the ways that immigration and the movement of people across …
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DonateSUPPORT THE WORLD'S FUTURE PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS Your support of NYU Wagner helps us prepare innovative, passionate public service leaders to make a lasting impact on the world. Our students, alumni, and faculty address a variety of pressing social …
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Building Job Quality from the Inside-Out: Immigrants, Skill, and Jobs in the Construction Industry… immigrant workers gain more latitude to alter their working conditions and their prospects for advancement. …
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Who’s Involved … The members of the International Working Group included: Marco Cangiano served as Assistant … Fund/Better Than Cash Alliance. Marco served on the Working Group until April 2018. Edward Hedger (Co-Principal …
Alumni In Action
Anu AshokHow would you describe your experience as a Wagner student? My experience at Wagner shaped me into the professional that I am today. Having gone straight from college into graduate school, I lacked certain skills such as memo writing, group project …
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Sharon CarneyWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? I wanted to experience life in a city that was very different than the one I knew (Detroit). My driving professional interest is cities -- what makes them work, what causes them to decline, and how they …
Capstone Projects
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT INDEXThe office of Downtown Revitalization and Transit-Oriented Development at the Suffolk County Department of Economic Development and Planning (SCEDP) promotes the development, growth, and retention of industry clusters that facilitate job opportunities, …
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Defining Program Outcomes and Identifying Best Practices in Youth DevelopmentGirls Quest is a nonprofit organization in New York City that works with girls from low income families, offering programs that are designed to build academic and social competence. The organization works to achieve its mission by offering outdoor …
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Advisory Services for Capacity Building of Municipal Planning Offices in Guatemala"The Capstone team worked with World Bank Institute (WBI) staff to develop capacity building tools for strengthening the Guatemalan Municipal Planning Offices (OMP) and enhancing the skills of OMP officials. During the decentralization process OMPs were …
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Organizational Capacity of Recycling Cooperatives in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe Capstone team worked on the first phase of an international initiative, sponsored by United Towns Organization (UTO), to promote recycling activities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Small cooperatives organize unskilled scavengers who collect recyclable …