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Ross MudrickWhy did you choose Wagner for graduate school? Wagner has a great reputation, of course, but the blend of theoretical and the practical was specifically attractive. Reading about professors who had been at the forefront on issues and challenges I cared …
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The relationship between primary care, income inequality, and mortality in US States, 1980-1995.OBJECTIVES: This study tests the robustness of the relationships between primary care, income inequality, and population health by (1) assessing the relationship during 4 time periods-1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995; (2) examining the independent effect of …
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Internship and Conference FundingNYU Wagner is committed to developing your skills and networks beyond the classroom. Funding for Unpaid Internships The Ellen Schall Experience Fund provides students with professional development and a $7,500 stipend for degree-relevant unpaid summer …
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Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious OrganizationsThis paper examines whether involvement with religious organizations can help insure consumption and happiness. Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), we find that households who contribute to a religious organization are better able to …
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Program evaluation as a decision problemI argue for thinking of program evaluation as a decision problem. There are two steps. First, a counselor determines which program (treatment or control) each individualjoins,based for example on maximizing the probability of employment or expected …
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Diversity: OverviewThis reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation.Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace. Connects …
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Who Is Accountable for Racial Equity in Health Care?Racial disparities are a ubiquitous feature of the US medical landscape, with health care delivery substantially segregated by race/ethnicity. Recent evidence from hospitals,1-3 nursing homes,4-5 and physicians' offices6 suggests that those caring for …
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Micro-Insurance: The Next Revolution?This essay focuses on the design of insurance products for poor customers. Several promising innovations are described: credit life insurance, health insurance partnerships, and weather insurance. Each was created to serve populations that were previously …
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Reader in Gender, Work and OrganizationThis reader uses an alternative approach to gender at work to provoke new thinking about traditional management topics, such as leadership and negotiation. Presents students with an alternative conceptual approach to gender in the workplace. Connects …
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Measuring School Efficiency: Lessons from Economics, Implications for PracticeEstimating efficiency and productivity in education involves confronting and addressing a host of difficulties in measuring inputs and outputs, capturing environmental influences, compensating for data scarcity, and determining causality. Nevertheless, …
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The Roles and Challenges of Intergovernmental Transfers in AsiaIntergovernmental transfers are an important tool of public sector finance in both industrialized and developing countries. Critically examining selected intergovernmental transfers in three large Asian countries-India, Pakistan, and the Philippines-this …
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Street Vendors, Television Extras, Walmart Stockers, and More: Worker Subjectivity and Labor Processes in Atypical WorkThis essay reviews Enrique de la Garza Toledo’s anthology on atypical work, titled Trabajo no clásico, organización y acción colectiva (Vols. 1 & 2) and situates it within the larger tradition of Latin American sociology of work. It argues that the …
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Exploring the Power of Storytelling in Research: Judy Pryor-Ramirez’s Story Circle Interview MethodJudy Pryor-Ramirez, Clinical Associate Professor at NYU Wagner and a key figure in participatory research, introduces a transformative approach to qualitative data collection in her book chapter, The Story Circle Interview Method: The Power of Story as …
Capstone Projects
The Needs of African Health Ministries and the Principles Guiding Investment Decisions of External Stakeholders in the African Health SectorAfrican health ministries are partnering with a large number of bilateral and multilateral donors and development agencies, each with its own set of operating principles and approaches to health sector investment and planning. The New Partnership for …
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The Needs of African Health Ministries and the Principles Guiding Investment Decisions of External Stakeholders in the African Health SectorAfrican health ministries are partnering with a large number of bilateral and multilateral donors and development agencies, each with its own set of operating principles and approaches to health sector investment and planning. The New Partnership for …
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Gallery Space (on hiatus)Spring 2023 re:tratos urbanos — Paintings and mixed-media portraits by Rodríguez Calero (RoCa) This two-decade survey exhibit showcases Rodríguez Calero's signature acrollage and fotacrolé techniques—two innovative processes that fuse painting, …
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NYU Wagner Alumnus George Latimer Wins Election as Westchester County ExecutiveElection 2017 catapulted an NYU Wagner alumnus, George Latimer, to victory in a hotly contested race for Westchester County Executive. Latimer (MPA 1976), who won by 57-to-43 percent, has served since 2013 as a New York State Senator from Rye. Previously, …
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Ghanaian Women's Social Leadership Program: Graduating the Second Cohort & Welcoming the Third Cohort of Leading Women in Social ChangeOn May 2, 2016, the Ghanaian Women’s Social Leadership Program (GWSLP) held a graduation ceremony for the 2015-2016 cohort. The event acknowledged 15 exceptional graduates—Ghanaian women leaders who, over the past year, have dedicated themselves to …
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PNP - Policy - ChecksheetMPA-PNP: PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS I. DEGREE CORE REQUIREMENTS [15 CREDITS] Students must complete or waive the following courses: …
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Title goes hereHow much is it going to cost? This is often one of the most important questions you have when making your decision. Based on the responses below, view a detailed listing of the rates and fees. Student Information Degree Program MPA in Public and Nonprofit …
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Comprehensive Exams - PhDDesign of the Comprehensive Exams The exams are essays based on the current state of knowledge in each field as indicated by the literature. A field examination is not based upon specific courses taken at Wagner or elsewhere. Doctoral students are …
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Fundraising Assessment and Action PlanThe Asian American Film Lab (AAFL) works to promote gender and ethnic diversity in films and elevate the voices of underrepresented groups. Each year, AAFL hosts several activities that are critical to the organization’s fundraising goals, including its …
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Student Spotlight: Sean Pomory (MPA-HPAM 2024)What motivated you to attend the Wagner School of Public Service? There are so many things that have led to this point in my life. Most recently, I graduated with a masters in religion and ethics from Princeton Seminary in May 2022. I went into that …
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Do Small Schools Improve Performance in Large, Urban Districts? Causal Evidence from New York CityWe evaluate the effectiveness of small high school reform in the country's largest school district, New York City. Using a rich administrative datasest for multiple cohorts of students and distance between student residence and school to instrument for …