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Improving information management in disaster servicesWhen a disaster hits, coordination of on-the-ground partners and volunteers for relief is a massive and complex undertaking. It involves dealing with thousands of small entities, as well as major institutions like the Federal Emergency Management Agency. …
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Jenna Liut, NYU Wagner alumna, is 40-Under-40 Food Policy HonoreeNYU Wagner alumna Jenna Liut (MPA 2008) is currently in the spotlight as one of 40 people under the age of 40 to be honored for her work in food policy by the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. We wish her congratulations for this …
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Mass Administration Reorganization, Media Attention and the Paradox of InformationHow does media attention influence government decisions about whether to terminate independent administrative agencies? We argue that an agency’s salience with partisan audiences has a direct effect, but a high media profile can disrupt normal government …
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NYU Wagner Course Brings Public Policy Education to Iconic New York InstitutionsNew York City offers unique opportunities for public policy education, and NYU Wagner's "Institutions, Governance, and International Development" (IGID) course is putting this advantage to work. During this year's January term, students moved beyond …
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Farm Operator Perceptions of Water Quality Protective Pest Management Practices: Selected Survey FindingsZimmerman, R. & Lichtenberg, E. …
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Predictors of homelessness from shelter request to housing stability among families in New York CityShinn, M., Weitzman, B.C., Stojanovic, D., Knickman, J.R., Jimenez, L., Duchon, L., James, S., and Krantz, D.H. …
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Consumer Estimation of Recommended and Actual Calories at Fast Food RestaurantsRecently, localities across the United States have passed laws requiring the mandatory labeling of calories in all chain restaurants, including fast food restaurants. This policy is set to be implemented at the federal level. Early studies have found …
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Development and Evaluation of the US Healthy Food Diversity Index. Varied diets are diverse with respect to diet quality, and existing dietary variety indices do not capture this heterogeneity. We developed and evaluated the multidimensional US Healthy Food Diversity (HFD) index, which measures dietary variety, dietary …
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How Does an Expansion of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Affect Housing Supply? Evidence from London, UKF Li …
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Analiza Quiroz WolfAnaliza Quiroz Wolf is the CEO of Women of Color Rise, an executive coaching firm, and former CEO of a New York City non-profit. With over two decades of experience leading talent and HR in the military, corporate, education, and non-profit sectors, she …
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Informing the Strategic Planning Process of a Childcare Center The Rose F. Kennedy Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (RFK CERC) is an Albert Einstein College of Medicine-operated clinical program that provides comprehensive care to children and adults with developmental disabilities. RFK CERC engaged a …
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Information, Preferences, and Household Demand for Value AddedRobert Ainsworth, Rajeev Dehejia, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola …
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Gore's Blessing Won't Help DeanLast week, Howard Dean came to Harlem to receive the endorsement of Mr. Gore. Contrary to popular wisdom, Mr. Gore's endorsement is the kiss of death for Dr. …
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A Variant of the Shift and Share Projection FormulationExamines variance of the shift and share projection formulation. Use of the shift share method in explaining historical trends in regional employment; Examination of the predictive power of the variant against the standard formulation; Evaluation of …
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Martha E. StarkMartha Stark joined the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service as a Clinical Professor in Fall 2017. Ms. Stark served as a Distinguished Lecturer at Baruch College’s Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. In addition to teaching, …
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Does Small High School Reform Lift Urban Districts? Evidence From New York CityResearch finds that small high schools deliver better outcomes than large high schools for urban students. An important outstanding question is whether this better performance is gained at the expense of losses elsewhere: Does small school reform lift the …
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Insights from a national survey into why substance abuse treatment units add prevention and outreach servicesWells, R.B. Lemak, C.H. & D’Aunno, T. …
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Disaster Forensics: Leveraging Crisis Information Systems for Social ScienceThis paper contributes to the literature on information systems in crisis management by providing an overview of emerging technologies for sensing and recording sociological data about disasters. These technologies are transforming our capacity to gather …