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A Renter Safety Net: A Call for Federal Emergency Rental AssistanceEllen Gould Ellen, Kathy O’Regan, and Amy Ganz. …
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Association of China’s universal two child policy with changes in births and birth related health factors: national, descriptive comparative studyHT Li, M Xue, S Hellerstein, Y Cai, Y Gao, Y Zhang, J Qiao, J Blustein, JM Liu …
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Enhancing and accelerating social science via automation: Challenges and opportunitiesTal Yarkoni, Dean Eckles, James Heathers, Margaret Levenstein, Paul Smaldino and Julia Lane …
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Enhancing Methodological Reporting in Public Administration: The Functional Equivalents FrameworkValentina Mele, Marc Esteve, Seulki Lee, Germà Bel, Giulia Cappellaro, Nicolai Petrovsky, and Sonia M. Ospina …
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Social Investment Through the Lens of MicrofinanceThe reality of social investment can be messy. How could it not be? The aim is to support a new sort of capitalist endeavor driven by pursuit of social progress rather than just pursuit of profit. Yet modern history has been shaped by the tensions between …
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Mobility, Economic Opportunity and New York City NeighborhoodsAlthough public transit provides access to jobs throughout the New York City region, there are actually substantial inequalities in mobility. By focusing on the neighborhood level, the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation has identified communities that …
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The Disruptive Power of RCTsTwo very different kinds of RCTs are used by economists, although they often get lumped together. The first kind is evaluative, used to assess whether a policy or intervention worked or not. Critics worry that privileging these RCTs over other evaluation …
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Transportation During Coronavirus in NYCThe COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdown of non-essential business transformed mobility in, through and around New York City. This report provides a detailed analysis of the way in which the transportation systems in New York City and the surrounding region …
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Forgoing health care under universal health insurance: the case of FranceObjectives: We investigate the reliability of a survey question on forgone healthcare services for financial reasons, based on analysis of actual healthcare use over the 3-year period preceding response to the question. We compare the actual use of …
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A network framework for dynamic models of urban food, energy and water systems (FEWS)Rae Zimmerman, Quanyan Zhu, Carolyn Dimitri …
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Balance Sheet Insolvency and Contribution Revenue in Public CharitiesUsing Form 990 data reported by public charities, we document signifi cant bunching of nonprofits at near-zero net assets, the threshold for insolvency. Bunching occurs despite the fact that creditors cannot force insolvent nonprofits into involuntary …
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Conceptual modeling framework to integrate resilient and interdependent infrastructure in extreme weatherRae Zimmerman, Quanyan Zhu, Francisco De Leon, Zhan Guo …
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Benefits and Needs for an Integrated Approach to Cyber-Physical Security for TransportationRae Zimmerman, M. Dinning …
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Financing sustainable infrastructure: Reconciling disaster and traditional financial resourcesRae Zimmerman …
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Engaging Ethnic Restaurants to Improve Community Nutrition Environments: A Qualitative Study with Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York CityMelissa Fuster, Kevin Guerrero, Brian D. Elbel, Krishnendu Ray, Terry T.K. Huang …
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Fast food, beverage, and snack brands on social media in the United States: An examination of marketing techniques utilized in 2000 brand postsMarie Bragg, Yrvane K. Pageot, Angela Amico, Alysa N. Miller, Angela Gasbarre, Pasquale Rummo, Brian D. Elbel …
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Impact of Changes in the Food, Built, and Socioeconomic Environment on BMI in US Counties, BRFSS 2003-2012Pasquale Rummo, Justin M. Feldman, Priscilla M. Lopez, David C. Lee, Lorna Thorpe, Brian D. Elbel …
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Secondhand smoke exposure in public and private high-rise multiunit housing serving low-income residents in New York City prior to federal smoking ban in public housing, 2018Elle Anastasiou, Alexis Feinberg, Albert Tovar, Emily Gill, M. J. Ruzmyn Vilcassim, Katarzyna E. Wyka, Terry Gordon, Ana Rule, Sue Kaplan, Brian D. Elbel, Donna Shelley, Lorna …
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Childhood Obesity and the Food Environment: A Population-Based Sample of Public School Children in New York CityBrian D. Elbel, Kosuke Tamura, Zachary T. McDermott, Erilia Wu, Amy Ellen Schwartz …
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Evaluating A USDA Program That Gives SNAP Participants Financial Incentives To Buy Fresh Produce In SupermarketsPasquale Rummo, Danton Noriega, Alex Parret, Matthew Harding, Oran Hesterman, Brian D. Elbel …
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Financial Hardship, Motivation to Quit and Post-Quit Spending Plans among Low-Income Smokers Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation TrialErin S. Rogers, Jose Palacios, Elizabeth Vargas, Christina Wysota, Marc Rosen, Kelly Kyanko, Brian D. Elbel, Scott Sherman …