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Time to Get Moving: Improving commuter and intercity rail facilities and services on Manhattan’s West SideThe approach to redeveloping the Farley Building and Penn Station that has been presented by Governor Cuomo, Empire State Development, Amtrak and the MTA offers a real opportunity to dramatically improve the facilities and services available to both …
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Do Homeowners Mark to Market? A Comparison of Self-reported and Market-based Home Value Estimates During the Housing Boom and BustThis paper examines homeowners’ self-reported values in the American Housing Survey and the Health and Retirement Study from the start of the recent housing price run-ups through recent price declines. We compare zip code level market-based estimates of …
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Transportation During and After Hurricane SandyHurricane Sandy demonstrated the strengths and limits of the transportation infrastructure in New York City and the surrounding region. As a result of the timely and thorough preparations by New York City and the MTA, along with the actions of city …
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Public Borrowing for Private Organizations: Costs and Structure of Tax-Exempt Debt through Conduit IssuersTodd L. Ely and Thad Calabrese …
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Needed: Global Collaboration for Comparative Research on Cities and HealthOver half of the world’s population lives in cities and United Nations (UN) demographers project an increase of 2.5 billion more urban dwellers by 2050. Yet there is too little systematic comparative research on the practice of urban health policy and …
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New York University's Advanced Management Program for PhysiciansThe Advanced Management program for Clinicians (AMPC) was established in 1986 with the help of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. It is designed for health care professionals who are currently in management positions and for those who seek career …
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Citi Bike: The First Two YearsNew York City launched Citi Bike, the largest bike share program in the United States, in May 2013. This study examines the first two years of Citi Bike and its role in New York City mobility. Citi Bike’s station connection to public transportation hubs …
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Maternal obesity, caesarean delivery and caesarean delivery on maternal request: A cohort analysis from ChinaAbstract Background To quantify the association between maternal obesity and caesarean delivery, particularly caesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR), a fast-growing component of caesarean delivery in many nations. Methods We followed 1 019 576 …
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Manhattan moves, even with the PopePope Francis’ visit to the United States is an historic event that will disrupt life in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., but not in New York City. In Washington D.C., federal government workers are being advised to telecommute. Philadelphia is towing cars …
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Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare: Principles, Cases, and PerspectivesA.R. Kovner & T. D'Aunno …
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From Local to Global: External Validity in a Fertility Natural ExperimentRajeev Dehejia, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Cyrus Samii …
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Local Instruments, Global Extrapolation: External Validity of the Labor Supply - Fertility - Local Average Treatment EffectJames Bisbee, Rajeev Dehejia, Cristian Pop-Eleches, Cyrus Samii …
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Health Improvements in BRIC Cities: Moscow, São Paulo, and Shanghai, 2000–10We compare health improvements among three megacities in BRIC nations as measured by declines in amenable mortality (AM). Although there have been studies of AM in Brazil and the Russian Federation using different definitions and age cohorts, this …
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Smart devices and travel time use by bus passengers in VancouverZ. Guo, A. Derian, and J. Zhao. …
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Accountability and Service Delivery in Decentralizing Environments: Understanding Context and Strategically Advancing ReformSmoke, P. …
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Review of: Transit States: Labour, Migration, and Citizenship in the Gulf.Iskander, N. …
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Factors Associated with Variation in Hospital Use at the End of Life in EnglandM. Bardsley, T. Georghiou, J. Billings …
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Managing Public Sector Decentralization in Developing Countries: Moving Beyond Conventional RecipesP. Smoke …
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Rethinking Decentralization: Assessing Challenges to a Popular Public Sector ReformP. Smoke …
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Employment and Development under Globalization: State and Economy in BrazilSalo Coslovsky …