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Building an Infrastructure to Support the Use of Government Administrative Data for Program Performance and Social Science ResearchThis article provides an overview of the elements necessary to build a sustainable research data infrastructure. I argue that it needs the financial and intellectual engagement of a community of practice. Most attention has been paid to researchers and …
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Improving State Health Policy Assessment: An Agenda for Measurement and AnalysisWe examine the scope of inquiry into the measurement and assessment of the state public health policy environment. We argue that there are gains to be made by looking systematically at policies both within and across health domains. We draw from the …
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Green Technology Park at WoodbridgeAfter taking office in 2006, Township of Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac identified the Pennval Road Redevelopment District as one of four priority project areas. The Township has since proposed that the 104-acre site be transformed from its current …
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Professor Paul Light Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee Professor Paul C. Light of NYU Wagner, a nationally recognized scholar of government reform, offered testimony Aug. 5 before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the U.S. Inspector General Office and the boundaries of its access to the records of government …
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A New Revenue Source for Mass Transit: Legalizing and Taxing CannabisNew York is a subway city. Despite the growth of bikes, scooters, for hire cars, and ferries, the city’s subway system is the principal way in which New Yorkers move. More than 5.5 million people ride the subway each weekday.[1] This number is larger than …
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IMPLEMENTATION OF "STOP THE BLEED" TRAINING IN NYC SCHOOLSNYU Langone’s Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine has operated as an independent academic department at NYU for over 30 years, treating over 500,000 patients annually. The Department’s Prevention Education Partnership (PEP) is a program …
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Analysis of Electrical Power and Oil and Gas Pipeline FailuresThis paper examines the spatial and temporal distribution of failures in three critical infrastructure systems in the United States: the electrical power grid, hazardous liquids (including oil) pipelines, and natural gas pipelines. The analyses are …
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Researcher-Community Collaboration for STD Prevention. The Gonorrhea Community Action Project in HarlemCommunity interventions are rare in the field of sexually transmitted disease (STD) control and prevention. The goals of the Gonorrhea Community Action Project are to design and implement interventions for the reduction of gonorrhea in high-prevalence …
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Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial EqualityIn the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement’s successes would foster a new era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has barely changed. To understand what went wrong, Patrick Sharkey argues that …
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Admitted Student EventsWe invite you to join our admitted student events to gain valuable insights into our extensive resources, career support services, vibrant Wagner community, important dates, and to have all your questions answered. Past Admitted Student Event …
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City and State Names Seven NYU Wagner Alumni to The 2024 Brooklyn Power 100City and State released The 2024 Brooklyn Power 100 , highlighting the accomplishments of the borough’s leaders in fields such as healthcare administration, local government, parks and recreation, business, and more. This year’s list notably included …
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DissertationA dissertation is the result of a scholarly investigation on a topic or problem conducted independently by the candidate under the general guidance of a faculty committee and chaired by a primary advisor. The committee plays a key role in guiding the …
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“Debates of the Century” Features Snowden and Zakaria on National SecurityThe final installment of the spring 2016 “Debates of the Century @NYU Wagner” series was a marquee event held on April 26 at the TimesCenter featuring former NSA analyst and whistleblower Edward Snowden (via live video feed from Moscow) and CNN’s Fareed …
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Decomposing the Black-White Wealth Gap: The Role of Parental Resources, Inheritance, and Investment DynamicsMuch research has shown that even after controlling for income, African Americans suffer from drastically lower net worths than their white counterparts; these differences in net worth have important implications for the overall well-being of blacks and …
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Financing and allocating resources for NCD prevention and controlHealth financing by which we mean financing to promote health, including healthcare, is a core function of a health system. In addition to making decisions on investing to promote population health and improve healthcare, governments also have to consider …
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NYU Wagner Launches New Specialization in Advocacy & Political ActionNYU Wagner’s commitment to the next generation of public service leaders across all professional sectors and disciplines expands this year with the launch of a new specialization— Advocacy and Political Action —for students who are seeking a Master of …
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Samuel SchaffzinCaptain Samuel Schaffzin is in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where he is currently assigned to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), serving as …
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Student GroupsFind your people. Build your path. Bring your ideas to life. At NYU Wagner, student groups are more than extracurricular—they’re a central part of your graduate experience. Whether you’re curious about food policy, health equity, urban planning, or …
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STRATEGIES FOR EXPANDING SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCELaurel House is a nonprofit that provides services and transitional housing to survivors of domestic violence and dating violence in the greater Montgomery County, Pennsylvania community. While it has strong engagement with current supporters, Laurel …
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“The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Earmarking Reduces the Willingness to Spend in Migrant Households”Behavioral household finance shows that people are often more willing to spend when using less tangible forms of money like debit cards or digital payments than when spending in cash. We show that this “payment effect” cannot be generalized to mobile …
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Entrepreneurship in Services and Socially Disadvantaged in IndiaWhile substantial literature now exists on poverty and inequality among social groups, until now, almost nothing has been known about how the socially dis-advantaged groups fare in entrepreneurship in terms of shares in the GVA, workers employed, and …
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Credit is Not a RightIs credit a human right? Muhammad Yunus, the most visible leader of a global movement to provide microcredit to world’s poor, says it should be. NYU’s John Gershman and FAI’s Jonathan Morduch disagree. In their new paper, Credit is Not a Right, they ask …
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Welfare Reform in Miami: Implementation, Effects, and Experiences of Poor Families and NeighborhoodsThe 1996 national welfare reform law introduced a five-year time limit on federally funded cash assistance, imposed tough new work requirements, restricted benefits for noncitizens, and gave states more flexibility to design their welfare programs than in …