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Making an ImpactAs the world's urban population grows rapidly, we are faced with increasing challenges—and opportunities. View More in Cities …
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INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMSTHE INSTITUTE FOR CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS (ICIS) was established in 1998 with initial funding from the National Science Foundation. The Institute engages in research, education, and outreach in infrastructure, including energy, transportation, water, …
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NYU Wagner Labor Initiative and State Futures Release Joint Issue Brief on Strengthening Workers' Rights Through Interstate CooperationAs Federal Labor Protections Diminish, New Report Charts Collaborative State Response State Futures and NYU Wagner Labor Initiative release roadmap for interstate action on workers’ rights A new report released by State Futures and the NYU Wagner …
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Filibusters Are Only Half the ProblemSenator Bill First, the majority leader, has often invoked the founding fathers to make his case against delaying tactics like the filibuster, especially when such tactics allow a small number of senators to create what he calls "a tyranny of the …
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Are Land Use Planning and Congestion Pricing Mutually Supportive? Evidence From a Pilot Mileage Fee Program in Portland, ORCongestion pricing and land use planning have been proposed as two promising strategies to reduce the externalities associated with driving, including traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions. However, they are often viewed by their …
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WSA CommitteesOpportunities to get involved The Wagner Student Association (WSA) has many ways for new and continuing students to get involved! Take a look at some of our exciting committees below. Constitution Review Committee Help us shape how WSA governs by being an …
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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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Christopher P. Boone, PhD, FACHE, FHIMSSChristopher P. Boone, PhD, stands out as a global executive, strategist, professor, and social scientist, with a unique passion for revolutionizing healthcare and life sciences through data and analytics. As the Group Vice President of Life Sciences …
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Teaching hospitals and the disconnect between technology adoption and comparative effectiveness research: The case of the surgical robotPublished online 30 Mar 2016. The surgical robot, a costly technology for treatment of prostate cancer with equivocal marginal benefit, rapidly diffused into clinical practice. We sought to evaluate the role of teaching in the early adoption phase of the …
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Sesen PaulosWhere do you work? Describe your current job and how your role contributes to making an impact. I work at Catholic Relief Services (CRS), an international NGO working to provide humanitarian and development assistance to communities around the world. I …
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Pathways to Integration: Examining Changes in the Prevalence of Racially Integrated NeighborhoodsFew researchers have studied integrated neighborhoods, yet these neighborhoods offer an important window into broader patterns of segregation. We explore changes in racial integration in recent decades using decennial census tract data from 1990, 2000, …
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Gender and the Treatment of Heart Disease in Older Persons in the United States, France and England: A Comparative, Population-Based View of a Clinical PhenomenonBackground: Gender disparities in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been extensively documented in studies from the United States. However, they have been less well studied in other countries and, to our knowledge, have not been …
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Issues of Climate Change and Its Impacts on the Infrastructure in the Metro East Coast (MEC) Region of the USThe infrastructure of the Metro East Coast region (MEC, with New York City at its core) is the largest, oldest, densest, and busiest in the nation. It serves some 20 million people and built assets exceed $1 trillion. Currently there is considerable …
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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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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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Thinking About Children in Time.A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many …
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How Neighborhoods Change: Entry, Exit, and Enhancement This paper examines whether the economic gains experienced by low-income neighborhoods in the 1990s followed patterns of classic gentrification (as frequently assumed) -- that is, through the in migration of higher income white, households, and out …
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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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Following the Money: Using Expenditure Analysis as an Evaluation ToolThis article describes the nature and utility of fiscal analysis in evaluating complex community interventions. Using New York University's evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative as an example, the authors describe …
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Low Response Rate Schools in Surveys of Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors: Possible Biases, Possible SolutionObjectives. This investigation examined the effectiveness of intensive efforts to include frequently absent students in order to reduce bias in classroom-based studies. Methods. Grade 10 students in 13 New York City high schools (n = 2049) completed self …
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Two faces of patient safety and care quality: a Franco-American comparisonPatient safety, and more broadly the quality of care, is typically discussed with reference to the reduction of preventable adverse events within hospitals and adherence to practice guidelines on care processes. We call it the ‘care-centered approach’ and …
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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 …