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Economics of children's environmental healthEconomic analyses are increasingly appearing in the children's environmental-health literature. In this review, an illustrative selection of articles that represent cost analyses, cost-effectiveness analyses, and cost-benefit analyses is analyzed for the …
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Causal effects in non-experimental studies: Re-evaluation of training programsThe need to use randomized experiments in the context of manpower training programs, and in analyzing causal effects more generally, has been a subject of much debate. Lalonde (1986)considers experimental data from the National Supported Work (NSW) …
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Do Economically Integrated Neighborhoods Have Economically Integrated Schools?The goal of this book, the first in a series, is to bring policymakers, practitioners, and scholars up to speed on the state of knowledge on various aspects of urban and regional policy. What do we know about the effectiveness of select policy approaches, …
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Digital Infrastructures: Enabling Civil and Environmental Systems through Information TechnologyAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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Themes and New DirectionsAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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WaterAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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Telecommunications: Catastrophe and Recovery in the Information CityAn invisible network of digital technology systems underlies the highly visible networks of roads, waterways, satellites, and power-lines. Increasingly, these systems are becoming the "infrastructure's infrastructure," providing a crucial array of data on …
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A US-Colombia university collaboration launches the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiativeDuring the Spring 2020 semester, three Colombian academics delivered presentations about their research through a Faculty Working Group Series that is part of the Colombian Studies: Past, Present, and Futures initiative — a collaboration between scholars …
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Professor Ingrid Gould Ellen recognized by NYU Wagner with its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion research awardNYU Wagner has awarded Ingrid Gould Ellen , the Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) research prize for the 2019-20 academic year. Part of NYU Wagner's schoolwide EDI plan , the recognition is …
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Members of the NYU Wagner Community Named to Mayoral Councils on Restarting NYC EconomyNumerous members of the NYU Wagner community have been selected to add their policy and management experience and expertise to new advisory councils that New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has created to inform his administration’s efforts to restart the …
Capstone Projects
An Evaluation of Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund: How is it Operating and Does it Work?This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
Capstone Projects
An Evaluation of Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund: How is it Operating and Does it Work?This study utilizes administrative data from the Arizona Drug Treatment and Education Fund from 1997-2003. The Capstone team utilized a combination of qualitative and quantitative strategies to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the program at the …
Capstone Projects
An Organizational Plan: From Start-up to MaturityMusicians Wellness is a start-up non-profit dedicated to meeting the mental and behavioral health needs of musicians through therapy, research, and prevention. Its approach is an innovative mind-body method that helps musicians use their own music and …
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Local Economic Development in NicaraguaThe United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), in collaboration with the government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan Institute of Municipal Development (INIFOM), established the Fondo de Inversi?n para el Desarollo Econ?mico Local (FIDEL) in 2008. …
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Innovations in School Leadership: An Analysis of Alternative Models of the PrincipalshipThe NYC Leadership Academy is an independent, nonprofit organization that recruits, prepares, and supports visionary school leaders for the complex work of transforming high need schools into rigorous learning environments. The role of school leaders has …
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Improving Patient, Family, Caregiver Communication and Facilitating Care TransitionsSince its designation as a Children's Hospital by the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Maimonides Infants & Children's Hospital (MICH) has continually worked to provide the highest levels of quality care in all …
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Community Interim Site Use Plan for the Hunts Point Riverside Campus for Arts and the EnvironmentTHE POINT Community Development Corporation is focused on youth development and community revitalization in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. THE POINT asked the Capstone team to develop an interim site plan for an undeveloped land parcel that it …
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Expanding programs and organizational growthAt 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park in Staten Island will be nearly three times the size of Central Park and the largest park developed in the city in over 100 years. What was once the world’s largest landfill is transforming into a stunning landscape that …
Alumni In Action
Paul TainshPaul Tainsh is Principal at The Sustainable Center and Local Issues, an independent, self-owned consulting practice that works with nonprofit and public organizations in the fields of education, arts and culture, social and human services, and community …
Alumni In Action
Sandra Goldstein“Urban planning and economic development are two of the most stimulating and intellectually satisfying types of work one can do,” says Sandy Goldstein (MS 1998). “And a business improvement district,” she adds, “is an incredible way of helping to create a …
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Gender and the Publication Output of Graduate Students: A Case StudyWe examine gender differences among the six PhD student cohorts 2004-2009 at the California Institute of Technology using a new dataset that includes information on trainees and their advisors and enables us to construct detailed measures of teams at the …
Faculty Profile
David SchachterDavid Schachter is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs at NYU Wagner. Focusing on the totality of the student experience, he oversees student services and advisement, career services, student engagement, and alumni relations. He teaches …
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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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Medicare Beneficiaries Living In Housing With Supportive Services Experienced Lower Hospital Use Than OthersThere is strong evidence that housing conditions affect population health, but evidence is limited on the extent to which housing with supportive social services can maintain population health and reduce the use of expensive hospital services. We examined …