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Weill Cornell Medical CollegePhysician OrganizationThe Weill Cornell Physician Organization is comprised of more than 700 physicians who are the full-time faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. The medical college has recently undertaken an effort called Weill Cornell: We Care. The goal of this effort …
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Pension Participation: Do Parents Transmit Time Preference?A wide range of economic and health behaviors are influenced by individuals’ attitudes toward the future—including investments in human capital, health capital and financial capital. Intergenerational correlations in such behaviors suggest an important …
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Process, Responsibility, and Myron's LawIn the wake of the financial crisis, any rethinking of macroeconomics has to include an examination of the rules that govern the financial system. This examination needs to take a broad view that considers the ongoing dynamics of those rules. It will not …
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Identity as Dependent Variable: How Americans Shift Their Identities to Align with Their PoliticsPolitical science generally treats identities such as ethnicity, religion, and sexuality as “unmoved movers” in the chain of causality. I hypothesize that the growing salience of partisanship and ideology as social identities in the United States, …
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Enacting Labor Management Cooperation: New Competencies for the New TimesThe public sector currently employs around 40 percent of all union members in the United States. Pressures for cost-effective and quality government services have placed new demands on the labor-management relationship. A fluctuating set of expectations …
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Shared Services Platform for Education CentersThe Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) is a community-focused lending institution that invests capital in low-income people and communities. LIIF partners with programs offering affordable housing, childcare, education services, healthcare, and …
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Flying under the radar? The state and the enforcement of labor laws in BrazilIn recent years, developing countries have deregulated, privatized and liberalized their economies. Surprisingly, they have also retained or even strengthened their labor regulations. These contrasting policy orientations create a novel challenge without …
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Manager Development ProgramToday's healthcare environment presents many challenges to nurse leaders, and effective leadership training for nurses is essential to successful transitions from the clinical to the managerial role. Addressing critical competencies and developing the …
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Utica Avenue Corridor Study Following Extension of Subway Line 4The Office of the Brooklyn Borough President (OBBP) is an NYC Charter-mandated agency with purview over land use decision making, capital budget allocations, and legislative and budgetary oversight. In 2015, NYC’s OneNYC plan for resilience, equity, and …
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Our HistoryFrom the very beginning, NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service has always been about preparing people to serve the needs of others. We trace our roots back to 1938 when NYU—in response to overfilled public service-oriented …
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A la santé de l'oncle Sam: regards croisés sur les systémes de santé; américain et français (To Uncle Sam's Health: Cross perspectives on the American and French Health Systems)Victor Rodwin, professor of health policy and management at NYU Wagner, and his colleague Didier Tabuteau, counselor of state and professor of health policy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques and the University of Paris Descartes, have published a new …
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UNIT COST ANALYSIS FOR COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAMSThe Institute for Community Living (ICL) is a nonprofit human service agency that provides clinical, rehabilitation, housing, and other support services to assist individuals and families affected by or at risk of mental illness in New York City. ICL runs …
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From minimum to maximum: The impact of parking standard reform on residential parking supply in LondonThis research examines residential parking supply in London before and after the minimum off-street parking standard was replaced by a maximum one in 2004. Based on 11 428 residential developments after and 216 developments before the reform, it is found …
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Defining and Demonstrating Purpose: Performance Measurement and ManagementSauti Yetu (SY) is a community-based nonprofit in the South Bronx. Their Girls Empowerment and Leadership Initiative (GELI) aims to empower African immigrant girls through academic tutoring, facilitated peer connections, and holistic support. The Capstone …
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The French Health Care SystemThe French health care system is a model of national health insurance (NHI) that provides health care coverage to all legal residents. It is an example of public social security and private health care financing, combined with a public-private mix in the …
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NYU Wagner alumni selected as Excelsior Service FellowsTwo recent graduates of NYU Wagner have been chosen as Excelsior Service Fellows in New York State government. The Excelsior Service Fellowship Program brings alumni of graduates school of public service and law into state government service. Participants …
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Affordable Housing Models for the Justice-involved PopulationEnterprise Community Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending housing insecurity by investing in affordable housing solutions through public and private partnerships, and scaling these solutions through political advocacy. Nationwide, …
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Switzerland's Response to the Coronavirus PandemicSwitzerland, a wealthy and multilingual nation (8.6 million population) with private universal health insurance (UHI) by federal mandate, is known for its decentralized federalism, direct democracy and comparatively high level of trust in its governments, …
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Resilience and Renewal: Labor unions, inspectors, prosecutors and the enforcement of labor laws in Brazil.What happens to a country’s system of labor laws when its government embraces market-oriented reforms? In a twist on the prediction that labor regulations will be repealed, researchers find that laws remain in place but are not faithfully enforced, a …
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IDENTIFYING INNOVATIVE FINANCE SOLUTIONS FOR SERVICE DELIVERY IN MOROCCOThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) innovates financial solutions to empower local governments in the least-developed countries to increase dedicated budgetary space and resources for programs that improve lives. UNCDF’s West Africa team …
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DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMBroadway for Arts Education (BAE) is a nonprofit organization that provides arts education to underserved youth by engaging volunteers from the Broadway community. BAE strives to shape a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community for its students …
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Performance Evaluation, Public Management Improvement and Democractic Accountability: Some Lessons from Latin AmericaThe results-oriented management reforms fostered by the New Public Management movement are often argued to emphasize the search for efficiency, quality and other typical market values at the expense of democratic accountability. On the other hand, …