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Maternal and Infant Health Inequality: New Evidence from Linked Administrative DataKate Kennedy-Moulton, Sarah Miller, Petra Persson, Maya Rossin-Slater, Laura R. Wherry, and Gloria Aldana …
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Tax Filing and Take-up: Experimental Evidence on Tax Preparation Outreach and Benefit Claiming… The U.S. federal government, states, and non-profits all devote substantial resources to …
Capstone Projects
EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTHChildren’s Rights is a national advocacy organization that champions the legal rights of children impacted by government systems. In light of the implementation of the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 988, the organization enlisted a Capstone team to …
Capstone Projects
DEVELOPING AN INCLUSIVE POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT The New York City Civic Engagement Commission (NYC CEC) was established by the 2018 Charter Revision Commission to enhance civic participation in order to strengthen civic trust and democracy in NYC. With the help of the Capstone team, NYC CEC sought to …
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U.S. Ratification of the CRC and Reducing Child Poverty: Can We Get There from Here?… If the United States finally ratifies the United Nations Convention of the …
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Paradox and Collaboration in Network Management. Administration and Society… study of two urban immigration coalitions in the United States found that their leaders developed practices as a …
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Student Spotlight: Hannah Larson (MPA 2023)… be used for years by CDP to incentivize corporations and states to work collaboratively to protect our forests. It has …
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Has falling crime invited gentrification?… central city crime has fallen dramatically in the United States. We explore the extent to which this trend may have …
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Medicaid Expansion Led to Reductions in Postpartum Hospitalizations… among birthing people with a Medicaid-financed delivery in states that did and did not expand Medicaid under the ACA. We …
Capstone Projects
Strategies to Combat Payday Lending in Mississippi"The Mississippi Center for Justice is a nonprofit, public interest law firm committed to advancing racial and economic justice. The Capstone team was engaged to synthesize information about the payday lending industry in Mississippi and the effects such …
Capstone Projects
Impact of Subsidies on Bus Transit System Cost Efficiency… the cost efficiency of bus transit systems in the United States. The work updates previous empirical studies written …
Capstone Projects
EVALUATING LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY SUCCESSES OF ELECTED OFFICIALS… measurable successes of elected officials across the key states of Arizona, California, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and …
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Improving Longitudinal Outcome, Efficiency, and Equity in the Care of Patients with Congenital Heart DiseaseBackground: Longitudinal follow-up, resource utilization, and health disparities are top congenital heart research and care priorities. Medicaid claims include longitudinal data on inpatient, outpatient, emergency, pharmacy, rehabilitation, home health …
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Improving Language Access on NYC TransitLanguage access (the provision of equal services for people with Limited English Proficiency ) is an under-researched aspect of public transportation in New York City, even as the city is considered one of the most linguistically diverse urban areas in …
Faculty Profile
Michael KeaneMichael Keane is a city planner, real estate investor, and land development specialist. In the REI space, Michael and his team transform living spaces in major U.S. cities through acquisition of and investment in multifamily properties. In the field of …
Capstone Projects
DECODING GOVERNANCE SCHEMES FOR HISTORIC CENTERS: AN
EVALUATION OF PAST STRATEGIES AND CREATION OF FUTURE
PATHWAYSThe Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is an international financial institution serving as the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Dominican Republic government approached the IDB to explore improvement …
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EVALUATING BUS TERMINALS AND REROUTES FOR THE MIDTOWN BUS
TERMINAL RECONSTRUCTIONThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a bi-state agency that operates and maintains tunnels, bridges, and bus terminals, among other transportation facilities. PANYNJ is planning the reconstruction of its Midtown Bus Terminal on its …
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LEVERAGING LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR GUN SAFETY ADVOCACY… MAIG an efficient, helpful hub to mayors across the United States in their work to expand gun safety legislation. …
Alumni In Action
Christopher PaquetDescribe your current job. The Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response (OEPR) promotes DOHMH’s and NYC’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover from health emergencies through the coordination of agency-wide emergency preparedness planning, …
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Generating revenue for the center for the history of medicine and public health… of the largest medical library collections in the United States. It holds the NYAM library, a rare book reading room, …
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Estimating the Intergenerational Persistence of Lifetime Earnings with Life Course Matching: Evidence from the PSID … persistence in earnings vary so much for the United States? Recent research suggests that lifecycle bias may be a …
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The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and Human CapitalIn 1961, Nicholas Kaldor highlighted six "stylized" facts to summarize the patterns that economists had discovered in national income accounts and to shape the growth models being developed to explain them. Redoing this exercise today shows just how much …
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Issuance and Incidence: SNAP Benefit Cycles and Grocery PricesMany safety-net programs issue benefits as monthly lump-sum payments. We investigate how the timing of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit issuance affects food purchases and the incidence of the transfer. Using retail scanner data …
Faculty Profile
Sonia M. Ospina… innovation, and public accountability, both in the United States and in Latin America. Apart from her numerous journal …