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Bolstering the Housing Safety Net: The Promise of Automatic StabilizersWhile social insurance programs help to buffer the effects of economic downturns, these programs have many gaps in coverage. In the face of income losses and unexpected expenses, households are not able to quickly adjust housing consumption. Homeowners …
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Density and disaster: New models of disaster recovery for housing in high-density citiesWhen Superstorm Sandy struck the New York City metropolitan area, it brought to light serious limitations in the ability of federal disaster aid programs to serve the residents of high-cost, high-density cities. Our current models of rehousing, repair, …
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CAP-GP.3226
Capstone: Advanced Projects in International Development Policy and Management ICouples with CAP-GP.3227 . As part of the core curriculum of the NYU Wagner Masters program, Capstone teams spend an academic year addressing challenges and identifying opportunities for a client organization or conducting research on a pressing social …Publication
Promoting Transportation Flexibility in Extreme Events through Multi-Modal ConnectivityExtreme events of all kinds are increasing in number, severity, or impacts. Transportation provides a vital support service for people in such circumstances in the short-term for evacuation and providing supplies where evacuation is not undertaken, yet, …
Capstone Projects
DEVELOPING CURRICULUM MODULES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEARNINGFounded in 1966 on the campus of Duke University, the Duke Lemur Center (DLC) is a world leader in the study, care, and protection of lemurs—among earth’s most threatened group of mammals. Educational resources for the middle-school age group about …
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Polly Trottenberg Named Dean of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School… at NYU. Ms. Trottenberg takes up her new duties on August 1, 2025. President Mills said, “Public service is a noble …
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Black: One Word; Different PeopleOn February 22, NYU Wagner hosted a conversation between Wagner staff and faculty on their black experience and what black history means to each of them, featuring Kevin Collymore, Assistant Director of Advising and Student Services, Student Services, and …
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PNP - SI3 - Checksheet… specialization required courses: PADM-GP 2132, 2145, 2311 1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring) …
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NYU Wagner Team Takes Third Place at UCI Health - Cornell Sloan National Case CompetitionIn late March, the 5th annual UCI Health - Cornell Sloan National Case Competition brought top graduate students together to tackle real-world healthcare challenges. Among 40 competing teams, the NYU Wagner team secured third place, earning national …
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Five papers by NYU Wagner's Laura Wherry cited in White House economic report… American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 15, no. 1:394–437. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210159 . Soni, A., … 3: 3 Professor Wherry's studies all show up can be found: (1) in the discussion of abortion access on p. 119 of the …
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Financial Access InitiativeThe Financial Access Initiative (FAI) is a research center working at the intersection of financial inclusion, development, and poverty. We focus on exploring how financial services can better meet the needs and improve the lives of poor households. FAI …
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UPADM-GP.102
Introduction to Social ImpactIn an interconnected and rapidly evolving world, the concept of social impact has become central to addressing the most pressing challenges of our time. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of creating and evaluating social change through …Publication
Supply Skepticism: Housing Supply and AffordabilityGrowing numbers of affordable housing advocates and community members are questioning the premise that increasing the supply of market-rate housing will result in housing that is more affordable. Economists and other experts who favor increases in supply …
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Studies of physician-patient communication with older patients: How often is hearing loss considered? A systematic literature reviewHearing loss is remarkably prevalent in the geriatric population: one-quarter of adults aged 60–69 and 80% of adults aged 80 years and older have bilateral disabling loss. Only about one in five adults with hearing loss wears a hearing aid, leaving many …
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Rethinking Inequality Decomposition, with Evidence from Rural ChinaWe examine inequality decompositions by income source and describe a general, regression-based approach for decomposing inequality. The approach provides an efficient and flexible way to quantify the roles of variables like education and age in a …
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Newsletter: A New Role for Rail Transit: Evacuation (#109)Rae Zimmerman, C.E. Restrepo, R.A. Joseph , L. Llopis …
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Ford Foundation Appoints NYU Wagner alumnus Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and GovernmentBringing with him decades of expertise and a deep commitment to social justice, NYU Wagner alumnus Javier Valdés is joining the Ford Foundation as U.S. Director of its Civic Engagement and Government program. In this important New York-based role, he will …
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The Impact of Fiscal and Demographic Measures of School Quality: Evidence from New YorkHow do parents react to different types of information about school quality? This paper exploits New York state’s fiscal monitoring program to compare the effect of two different types of quality labels on school district outcomes: one reflecting budget …
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EXPLORING THE CURRENT STATE OF DIVERSITY IN HEALTHCAREMany healthcare organizations are working to improve their diversity efforts and outcomes, but ensuring that best practices are effective and sustainable has proven difficult. Many healthcare organizations have adopted DEI initiatives, but is this truly …
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Financial Access Initiative (FAI) Launches Research Study to Shed Light on Hidden Lives of Small Firms… and qualitative data from firms employing between 1 and 20 non-family workers in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, …
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Methylmercury exposure in a subsistence fishing community in Lake Chapala, Mexico: an ecological approach… of the Lerma. In the human study, 27.2% of women had >1 ppm hair mercury. On multivariable analysis, carp …
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Functional Outcomes of Pediatric Liver Transportation… recipients was lower than that of the normal population 48.1 /- 12.1 (P = 0.005), but the mean psychosocial summary score was …
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Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the AnalysisRacial segregation in America's schools remains persistently and disturbingly high, despite decades of institutional and policy changes. This paper considers one recent change common to many urban school districts - immigration - and examines whether and …