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Claire Hsiang Marx… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? As a strategist, I work … friendship and excellent advice over the years. What about your work is most fulfilling to you? I believe so … What advice would you give to someone considering or about to enter the EMPA Program? Don't be afraid to go back …
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PADM-GP.4311
Lean Approaches to Social InnovationAffordable housing that's 40% less expensive to build. Three times as many soup kitchen clients served each hour. Hospital ER wait time cut by 90%. This is the type of impact social innovators aspire to achieve by applying the method called "Lean." Since …Publication
Risk Preferences, Time Preferences, and Willingness-to-Pay with Mobile Money versus Cash in BangladeshJean Lee, Jonathan Morduch, and Abu Shonchoy …
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Lisa Ellen Goldberg Fellowship… Fellow Alana Wilck is an innovative changemaker passionate about fostering allyship and advancing education in an …
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Vicki Been… of environmental and land use policies. Been also writes about the Fifth Amendment prohibition against the taking of property without just compensation, and about land use and housing policy. She is the co-author of a …
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Notre façon de voir la pauvreté [How we see poverty]… How we think about poverty is colored by how we measure it. For … and, while they capture yearly sums, they offer little about how the year was actually lived by families. Year-long …
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Student Spotlight: Julian Mura-Kröger (MUP 2026)… of DMAG, you play a key role in shaping conversations about displaced persons around the world. What inspired you … for many reasons, but what I think it showed me most about planning and development was just how messy they tend …
Capstone Projects
Connecting Teachers Using Ed Tech via Edproconnect… estimated to reach $252 billion by 2020, little is known about the efficacy of EdTech and its effect on learning …
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Lateefah Simon Social Justice Leadership Fellowship… Lateefah relies solely on public transportation to go about her day and sought to make BART more affordable for …
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Welfare Politics in Congress… the dominant issue changed: The ideological debate about government was overtaken by a more practical debate about how to manage welfare. This is the first study to track …
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Rethinking International Support for Managing Public Finance… but performance has been uneven. New thinking is needed about how to make the technical advice to governments more … advice could be matched by a stronger role for debate about potential options and more active choice on the part of … the potential for a new generation of ideas and approaches about how to manage public finance. It would reflect the …
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Adverse Health Effects, Environmental Attitudes, and Pesticide Usage Behavior of Farm Operators… from pesticides are likely to have heightened concerns about pesticides and are more likely to take greater … experiencing such problems have more heightened concerns about water pollution from fertilizers and pesticides, and … implies that farmers who have had such experiences do care about the effects of application and do engage in alternative …
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Registration Checklist… Course Search as part of Academic Year 2025-2026. A Note about MPA/MUP Course Load in Summer: Because of the … than six credits in the summer is not recommended. A Note about Federal Financial Aid for Summer Term: Federal Direct … form once you've registered for classes. A Note about Wagner Scholarships for Summer Term: Wagner …
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The NYU Democracy Project… About the NYU Democracy Project The NYU Democracy Project … John Gershman . Check out our factsheet to learn more about program activities and engagement. … capacities? Reach out to us at DemocracyProject@nyu.edu about joining the Democracy Cohort. … Meet the Fellows: Read about current and past Democracy Fellows and what motivates …
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“The Social Meaning of Mobile Money: Earmarking Reduces the Willingness to Spend in Migrant Households”Behavioral household finance shows that people are often more willing to spend when using less tangible forms of money like debit cards or digital payments than when spending in cash. We show that this “payment effect” cannot be generalized to mobile …
Alumni In Action
Seth Kerr… Can you tell us a bit about your job and your job responsibilities? I'm a … to travel to capitals across Europe. That got me thinking about what’s working and what’s not working in cities. At the time, I didn't know about urban planning as a career. After doing some research, …
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Sensegiving and the Role of Cognitive Shifts In the Work of Leadership… Organizations try to spur these shifts in two categories: about their issue and about their primary constituency, the population it is …
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Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA)… individual lending institutions. Please think carefully about your obligations as a borrower before pursuing any … Say “When I think of NYU Wagner and the EMPA, I think about the folks in my cohort, all the good things they were … introduce yourself and to inform the admissions committee about your goals, background, and career plans as they relate …
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PADM-GP.2172
Advanced Empirical Methods… trials provide a simple and powerful template for thinking about causal questions. We then develop a sequence of …Stories
At forum, mayors depict city government as locus of action… board member Eleanor Randolph, who is working on a book about former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, moderated … go to school with." “If you’re bringing in someone to talk about immigration, you might ask why it is not Jeff Flake, …
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Laura McGinley… Can you tell us a bit about your job responsibilities? I am a member of the … but wasn't sure it was the right fit. When I learned about the EMPA, I knew it was exactly what I was looking for … one of my classes added to my knowledge and understanding about the sector, from policy deep dives to financial …
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Welcome to the NYU Migration Network October Digest… NYU Abu Dhabi Institute in New York Register to learn about this book talk. … luridly hostile ways? And what do their actions tell us about the history of American immigration and transatlantic …
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Arriving in NYC… information. Contact: health.center@nyu.edu Learn More about Healthcare in the US … MONEY AND BANKING Learn more about currency in the US, using credit cards and debit cards, …
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Accept Your Offer… If you have questions about your federal financial aid package or private loans you … or financial.aid@nyu.edu . If you have questions about any other forms of aid or scholarship you can connect … Speak with someone if I have questions about Financial Aid? … and also find answers to frequently asked questions about this process. …