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Mitchell Moss and Sarah Kaufman Recognized by City & State's Transportation Top 100City & State has recognized NYU Wagner faculty members Mitchell Moss and Sarah Kaufman in the publication's annual list of the top 100 transportation policy influencers in New York. Moss and Kaufman run the Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and …

Capstone Projects

STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING COMPLEX SURVEY DATA AND CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE SURVEYSThe Community Service Society of New York (CSS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1843 to promote economic opportunity and equity through data-driven research, direct services, and people-driven advocacy. CSS engaged a Capstone team to do a trend …

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NYU Wagner's Martha Stark named to Mayoral panel on NYC budgetNYU Wagner's Professor Martha E. Stark has been named by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to serve on a new independent Budget Advisory Panel, joining other public and private sector leaders. Said the Mayor , "Throughout New York City history, those who …

Faculty Profile

Clayton GilletteClayton Gillette is the Director of NYU’s Marron Institute of Urban Management and the Max E. Greenberg Professor of Contract Law at the NYU School of Law. Gillette teaches in the areas of local government law, commercial law, and contracts. As Director …

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Economics and the Social Meaning of MoneyEconomic analyses of household choices usually assume that money is fungible—that a dollar is a dollar, no matter how it was earned or by whom. But, in practice, families often earmark money earned by a particular family member or generated from a …

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Don WaisanenDon Waisanen is an Adjunct Professor of Public Service of NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is also a Professor in the Baruch College, CUNY Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, where he received the Presidential …

Capstone Projects

COMMUNITY-LED INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AND GUN VIOLENCENew York State Senator James Sanders Jr. represents the 10th Senate District, which encompasses Southeast Queens. The community that he represents has historically faced high levels of food insecurity and gun violence, and these issues have sharply …

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First-generation college students share unique experiences in panel eventOn November 30, NYU Wagner hosted "Trailblazers: First Gen College Students,” a panel and networking opportunity focused on the unique experiences of first-generation college students. The event was co-sponsored by the Wagner Student Association and the …

Publication

Superstorm Sandy and the Demographics of Flood Risk in New York City.“Superstorm Sandy” brought unprecedented storm surge to New York City neighborhoods and like previous severe weather events exacerbated underlying inequalities in part because socially marginalized populations were concentrated in environmentally exposed …

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Health and Health Care in BRIC Cities: Ideas for Collaborative ResearchAvailable on SSRN database here . The largest cities in the wealthy nations all face an unprecedented challenge: how to meet the needs of a population that lives longer, has a declining birth rate, is generally healthier, but also increasingly beset by …

Alumni In Action

Atzimba Baltazar-MaciasWhy did you choose NYU Wagner for graduate school? I wanted to specialize in policy analysis and Wagner’s approach to policy, focused on public service, suited perfectly with my interests. Wagner offered me a scholarship that allowed me to pursue my …

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Alumni Spotlight: Lisa D'Oyen (MPA 2014)In the Spring 2024 Global Public Service Newsletter, the Wagner Office of International Programs connected with Wagner alumna, Lisa D'Oyen (MPA 2014) . Where do you work? Describe your current job. I am currently the Executive Director of two corporate …

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Growing Older in World Cities: Implications for Healthy AgingDeclining birthrates, increasing longevity and growing urbanization have created a new challenge for cities: how to respond to an aging population. The World Cities Project was designed to examine whether the four largest cities among the wealthiest …

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The Intergenerational Transmission of ContextThis article draws on the extensive literature on economic and social mobility in America to examine intergenerational contextual mobility, defined as the degree to which inequalities in neighborhood environments persist across generations. PSID data are …

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Analysis of a Population-Based Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Index as an Outcome Measure of Access and Quality of Care for the Treatment of HIV DiseaseA population-based Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) Index was developed in New York City to identify geographic areas and subpopulations at increased risk for PCP. Methods. A zip code-level PCP Index was created from AIDS surveillance and hospital …

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Power Reduces the Press of the Situation: Implications for Creativity, Conformity, and DissonanceAlthough power is often conceptualized as the capacity to influence others, the current research explores whether power psychologically protects people from influence. In contrast to classic social psychological research demonstrating the strength of the …

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Visits to Specialists Under Medicare: Socioeconomic Advantage and Access to CareThis study examines the relationship between socioeconomic advantage and the likelihood of receiving specialty care in a nationally representative sample of older Americans participating in fee-for-service Medicare. In 1992, 62.9 percent of Americans aged …

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Understanding Cooperative Behavior in Labor Management Cooperation: A Theoy-Building ExerciseThis article proposes a theory of how mandated institutional cooperation transforms into individual cooperative behavior. Using qualitative strategies, we draw insights about cooperation in three public-sector efforts of labor-management cooperation …

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Two-Year Impacts of a Universal School-Based Social-Emotional and Literacy Intervention: An Experiment in Translational Developmental ResearchThis study contributes to ongoing scholarship at the nexus of translational research, education reform, and the developmental and prevention sciences. It reports 2-year experimental impacts of a universal, integrated school-based intervention in …

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Finding the Impact in a Messy Intervention: Using an Integrated Design to Evaluate a Comprehensive Citywide Health InitiativeThis article uses the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Urban Health Initiative (UHI), a 10-year effort to improve health and safety outcomes in distressed cities, to demonstrate the strength of an evaluation design that integrates …

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Evaluating Environmental and Economic Benefits of Yellow-Dust Storm Related Policies in Northern ChinaYellow-dust storms (YDSs) have attracted increasing attention worldwide in the past decade. They can extensively disrupt socioeconomic activities and pose hazards to ecosystems, as well as human health. In recent years, China has invested multi-billions …

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Small Schools, Large Districts: Small School Reform and New York City’s StudentsHigh school reform is currently at the top of the education policy making agenda after years of stagnant achievement and persistent racial and income test score gaps. Although a number of reforms offer some promise of improving U.S. high schools, small …

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Government's Greatest Priorities of the Next Half CenturyNo one can be sure what the next fifty years will hold in terms of government achievement, nor can anyone be sure just what the federal government will be doing fifty years from now. The government will almost certainly launch entirely new endeavors, some …