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URPL-GP.1605
Land Use LawThis course is designed to give you a better understanding of the legal and administrative framework used to regulate land use at various levels of government, and the relationship of the planner to the law. We will cover basic legal procedures as well as …Webpage
Matriculation and Leave of Absence… must contact wagner.financialaid@nyu.edu to inquire about how the leave will affect their scholarship aid. … the NYU Student Health Insurance office to learn more about the duration of health insurance while on maintenance …
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How Normative Debates About Immigration Shape Analyses of the Assimilation Process for Second-Generation Youth: Lesson from Spanish Legacies… States. This comparison raises important considerations about how immigration policy shapes assimilation processes. … juxtaposition of the two cases also elicits provocations about how the sociological theories about assimilation might have been different if they had been …
News
Five papers by NYU Wagner's Laura Wherry cited in White House economic reportNo fewer than five research papers coauthored by Laura Wherry, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Service at NYU Wagner, are included in the 2024 Economic Report of the President . The newly published report presents an overview of the nation’s …
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day… the Poor will appeal to anyone interested in knowing more about poverty and what can be done about it. …
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Health Care in World Cities: New York, London and Paris… lessons that can be applied to current and future debates about urban health care. Highlighting the importance of a … policy regimes in which they function provides information about access to health care in the developed world's largest … three health systems, the authors refute inaccurate claims about health care outside of the United States. Click here …
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The ‘Own Children’ Fertility Estimation Procedure: A Reappraisal… but is now rarely used, partly because of concerns about its accuracy. We compared the estimates from these two …
Alumni In Action
Claire Hsiang Marx… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As a strategist, I work … friendship and excellent advice over the years. What about your work is most fulfilling to you? I believe so … What advice would you give to someone considering or about to enter the EMPA Program? Don't be afraid to go back …
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A Port Authority That WorksThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been a vital force in the physical and economic growth of the New York-New Jersey region. During the past few years, however, public attention has focused on the Port Authority’s spending, management, …
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Infant Mortality Rates in Four Cities: London, Manhattan, Paris and TokyoA comparison of citywide infant mortality rates for Manhattan, Inner London, Paris, and Inner Tokyo during 1988–97 shows the Manhattan rate nearly always higher than those of the other cities. Differences in the neighborhood rate distributions of the four …
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URPL-GP.2452
Public-Private Partnerships, Public Spaces, Politics, & the Press… at in depth. Explicit theories and implicit assumptions about the economic life of cities will be illuminated through … Through specific examples we will examine how ideas about urban economic development shift across time and place, …Publication
Johnny walks to school - does Jane? Examining sex differences in children's active travel to school… the influence of child sex on caregivers decisions about travel mode choice to school. Caregivers of children in …
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An Evaluation of the Impact of the Family Health Program on Infant Mortality in Brazil, 1990-2002Objective: To use publicly available secondary data to assess the impact of Brazil's Family Health Program on state level infant mortality rates (IMR) during the 1990s. Design: Longitudinal ecological analysis using panel data from secondary sources. …
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The Effect of the Diffusion of the Surgical Robot on the Hospital-level Utilization of Partial NephrectomyIntroduction : The rapid diffusion of the surgical robot has been controversial because of the technology’s high costs and its disputed marginal benefit. Some, however, have suggested that adoption of the robot may have improved care for patients with …
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Academic Code: Student Disciplinary Procedures… further. For research resources and to help you learn about appropriate citation of the many different sources you … include discussion between the faculty member and student about the content in question. If the parties agree that a …
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The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence… are contradicted by the data. We conclude that questions about impact cannot be answered in these data. …
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The Racial Wealth Gap: Implications for Philanthropy in the Black Community… of racial in equality exists, with Black families owning about one eighth the assets of White families. In addition to …
Capstone Projects
Formalizing Petare’s Informal Street Vendors… settlement. The tasks included gathering information about the vending practices and spatial location of street … sidewalks in Petare coded with supplemental information about type of product sold. They also conducted a preliminary …
Alumni In Action
Sean Maloney… who is working in Washington, DC, and told us a bit about what he does: What is your current position and what do … him last week out of the blue to ask a perplexing question about "doing development differently." I didn't think I'd get … process seems, it really does work. Congress gets to learn about anything and everything from the experts themselves. …
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Ideas from the Frontline: Improvement Opportunities in Federally Qualified Health Centers… is needed to promote learning and information exchange about opportunities to improve and transform practices …
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Disaster Forensics: Leveraging Crisis Information Systems for Social Science… technologies for sensing and recording sociological data about disasters. These technologies are transforming our capacity to gather data about what happens during disasters, and our ability to …
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Unintended Negative Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results from a Field Experiment in Indian Classrooms… in school material and lower optimism and confidence about their ability. This suggests incentives might have …