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FRENCH HEALTH CARE SYSTEM… A. "France Emphasizes Teaching of General Practice [news]." British Medical Journal 309, no. 6961 (1994): 1038. … A. "Foreign Doctors Strike Over New French Law [news]." British Medical Journal 311, no. 7015 (1995): … A. "France Faces Radical Health Insurance Reforms [news]." British Medical Journal 311, no. 7017 (1995): 1386. …
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Estimating the Effects of September 11th and Other Forms of Violence on the Mental Health and Social Development of New York City’s Youth: A Matter of ContextThis longitudinal study examines the effects of exposure to the terrorist attack of September 11th as well as exposure to other forms of community violence on change in the mental health and social attitudes of youths in New York City. Three quarters of …
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Does Participatory Budgeting Alter Public Spending? Evidence from New York CityThad Calabrese …
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Do Housing Vouchers Improve Academic Performance?: Evidence from New York CityAmy Ellen Schwartz, Ingrid Ellen, Sarah A. Cordes, Keren M. Horn …
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Persistent inequalities in health and access to health services: Evidence from New York CityIn Manhattan, the rate of hospital discharges for avoidable hospital conditions (AHC), a measure of access to timely and effective ambulatory care, fell by nearly 50 percent between 1999 and 2013. Despite this remarkable improvement, there has been …
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The Impact of Business Improvement Districts on Property Values: Evidence from New York CityEllen, Ingrid, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Ioan Voicu. …
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Strengthening Safety Nets from the Bottom UpThis paper describes ways to build public safety nets to complement and extend informal and private institutions. It demonstrates that the most effective policies will combine both transfer systems that are sensitive to existing mechanisms and new …
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Mitchell L. MossMitchell L. Moss is the Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at NYU’s Wagner School for Public Service. In June 2022, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul appointed Professor Moss to their "Committee for a New New York," which has formulated …
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EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF AMAZON’S EXPANSION ON NYC COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENTMake the Road New York is the largest community-based membership organization representing immigrants and working-class people of color in New York State. Through its Workplace Justice team, the organization fights for the rights of all workers by …
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Localized Commercial Effects from Natural Disasters: The Case of Hurricane Sandy and New York City.Ingrid Gould Ellen, Rachel Meltzer, and Xiaodi Li …
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"Portfolios of the Poor," co-authored by Prof. Jonathan Morduch, Helped Inspire a New App to Address Income Volatility: NY Times Magazine“Want A Steady Income? There’s an App for That,” a piece published Sunday, May 3, in The New York Times Magazine , focuses on a Silicon Valley app-in-development partly inspired by Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day , the …
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What a Difference A Grade Makes: Evidence From New York City's Restaurant Grading PolicyMichah W. Rothbart, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Thad D. Calabrese, Zachary Papper, Todor Mijanovich, Rachel Meltzer, Diana Silver …
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Assessment of Gaps and Needs of Access to Basic Infrastructure Services for the Poor in ChileThe Inter-American Development Banks (IADB) Building Opportunity for the Majority initiative, launched in June 2006, identified that inadequate access to basic infrastructure services (water, sanitation, electricity, urban transport and rural roads) …
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The Relationship of Residential Instability to Medical Care Utilization Among Poor Mothers in New York CityDuchon, L.M., Weitzman, B.C. & Shinn, M. …
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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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Why Don't Housing Choice Voucher Recipients Live Near Better Schools? Insights from Experimental and Big Administrative DataHousing choice vouchers provide low-income households with additional income to spend on rental housing in the private market. The assistance vouchers provide is substantial, offering the potential to dramatically expand the neighborhoods—and associated …
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The Effect of New Immigrant High Schools on Immigrant Students’ Academic and Social Performance: Causal Evidence from New York City Public High SchoolsOver the past fifteen years, English Language Learners (ELLs) have comprised between 12 and 17 percent of the New York City student population. Since these students face different educational challenges than their native-born and English proficient …
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Housing Discrimination and Mortgage Counseling: Defining the Role of the New York City Commission on Human RightsIn an ongoing attempt to enforce the New York City Human Rights Law, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has acknowledged the correlation between the high rate of residential foreclosures and predatory lending practices that target vulnerable …
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Laura KavanaghLaura served as the 34th New York City Fire Commissioner, overseeing the nation’s largest fire department—with 17,000 employees, a $2.3 billion budget, and 1.6 million annual 911 calls. She was the first woman to lead the historically male-dominated …
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Academic ProgressGPA Requirement Cumulative GPA must be 3.000 or higher Master’s students need a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.000 to graduate and are expected to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.000 throughout their academic career to …
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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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NYU Wagner's New Initiative in the Field of Social Finance Receives Grant from W.K. Kellogg FoundationNYU Wagner has received a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support the graduate school’s burgeoning initiatives to strengthen the field of social finance. The $60,000 grant “to strengthen the field of social finance and its adoption through …
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Improving Access to Healthy, Fresh Foods in East and Central HarlemThe NYC Food and Fitness Partnership is a taskforce comprised of members from several local organizations and city agencies dedicated to improving access to healthy food and increasing opportunities for physical activity and active living for all New …