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IMPROVING PAVEMENT MARKING REFURBISHMENT IN BROOKLYNThe New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) is responsible for installing and maintaining over 200 million linear feet of pavement markings, which are used on paved roadways to direct and inform drivers and pedestrians, and ensuring that the …
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INTERACTIVE DATA TOOLS FOR CRAFTING TENURE-BASED HOUSING POLICIES IN NYCCitizens Housing and Planning Council (CHPC) works to develop and advance practical public policies to support New York City’s housing stock by better understanding the city’s most pressing housing and neighborhood needs. CHPC’s ongoing initiative, A New …
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EVALUATION OF A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROFESSIONALSThe Milbank Memorial Fund (MMF) is an endowed foundation that works to improve population health by connecting leaders and decision makers with the best available evidence and experience. MMF’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), launched five years ago, …
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Five Wagner Alumni Named in City & State's 2022 Nonprofit Power 100… and often overlooked role that nonprofits play in working to improve the lives of the most vulnerable New …
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Strengthening the Partnerships Between Primary Care Clinics and Community-Based Organizations The Department of Family and Social Medicine (DFSM) at Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, serves a diverse patient population in the Bronx with complex socioeconomic needs. The department places a …
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Directory of New York City Affordable Housing ProgramsNew York City has a long history of government intervention in residential housing markets, resulting in more than 175 affordable housing programs reflecting a wide range of goals and strategies. The Directory of New York City Affordable Housing Programs …
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The blind leading: Power reduces awareness of constraintsPrevious research has found that power increases awareness of goal-relevant over goal-irrelevant information. However, this work has failed to distinguish between goal-facilitating and goal-inhibiting information, both of which are goal relevant. The …
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The Tides of Reform Revisited: Making Government Word, 1945-2002The past six decades have witnessed acceleration in both the number and variety of major administrative reform statutes enacted by Congress. This increase can be explained partly by the increased involvement of Congress, a parallel decrease in activity …
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Practical propensity score matching… 97 (1999) 1053; National Bereau of Economics Research working Paper No. 6829, Rev. Econom. Statist., 2002, …
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Child labor: The role of income variablity and access to credit in a cross section of countriesEven though access to credit is central to child labor theoretically, little work has been done to assess its importance empirically. Dehejia and Gatti examine the link between access to credit and child labor at a cross-country level. The authors measure …
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What Do AEFA Members Say? Summary of Results of an Education Finance and Policy SurveyIn the spring of 2008 the authors surveyed members of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA) to gain insight into their views on education policy issues. The results summarize opinions of this broad group of education researchers and …
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Pedestrian Environments, Walking Path Choice, and Transfer Penalties: Understanding Land-Use Impacts on Transit TravelThis paper investigates the impact of pedestrian environments on walking behavior, and the related choice of travel path for transit riders. Activity logs from trip surveys combined with transit-route and land-use information are used to fit …
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Evidence-Based Management in HealthcareToo often in the fast-moving healthcare field, decision makers rely primarily on what has worked before. Evidence-Based Management in Healthcare explains how healthcare leaders can move from making educated guesses to using the best available information …
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Hidden Talent: Tacit Skill Formation and Labor Market Incorporation of Latino Immigrants in the United States… efforts aimed at improving employment opportunities and working conditions for marginalized workers, immigrant and …
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Unraveling Geographic Interdependencies in Electric Power Infrastructure… unserved. Data are drawn from the Disturbance Analysis Working Group (DAWG) database, which is maintained by the …
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Leadership (Re)constructed: How Lens MattersThis paper develops a view of leadership as a social construct, as something that is created through dialogue among groups of people in a particular context. Different contexts allow us to see how leadership emerges in action. We further develop the idea …
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School Finance Court Cases and Disparate Racial Impact: The Contribution of Statistical Analysis in New YorkAlthough analyses of state school finance systems rarely focus on the distribution of funds to students of different races, the advent of racial discrimination as an issue in school finance court cases may change that situation. In this article, we …
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How Telecommunications is Shaping Urban SpacesAll too often, telecommunications systems are treated as an alternative to transportation systems, as a substitute for the physical movement of people and services. The growing use of telecommunications systems is doing far more than influence where …
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Diagnostic Tools to Estimate Consequences of Terrorism Attacks Against Critical InfrastructureDiagnosing historical incidents of terrorism events within a risk management framework is an important tool for understanding the likelihood and form of future terrorist attacks and their consequences, particularly for critical infrastructure. Critical …
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Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers… basic tax concepts; capital structure; business plans; working capital management and banking relationships; …
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Intradistrict Equity of Public Education Resources and PerformanceThis paper presents empirical evidence on input and output equity of expenditures, teacher resources, and performance across 840 elementary and middle schools in New York City. Historically, researchers have studied interdistrict distributions, but given …
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Internship and Conference FundingNYU Wagner is committed to developing your skills and networks beyond the classroom. Funding for Unpaid Internships The Ellen Schall Experience Fund provides students with professional development and a $7,500 stipend for degree-relevant unpaid summer …
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Public and Nonprofit Management and PolicyProgram Overview NYU Wagner draws from its highly regarded Management specialization for the Advanced Certificate in Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. This Advanced Certificate offers knowledge and skills related to all aspects of …
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Three NYU Wagner Alumni Named Trailblazers in Building and Real Estate by City & State… and property management, YMCA of Greater New York After working on noteworthy revitalization projects—Moynihan Train … system’s bus, rail, and power facilities, the firm is also working to construct 1,650 new homes and commercial space on …