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Three NYU Wagner-infused teams triumph at $300K Entrepreneurs Challenge and Mission: Appossible Mobile App Contest… sponsored by NYU Stern’s W.R. Berkley Innovation Labs saw judges awarding the grand prize in the Social … challenge we received from both the Berkley Innovation Labs team and the NYU community are key factors in our … of Entrepreneurship at the W.R. Berkley Innovation Labs. “This year we also saw a few exciting developments—a …
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Improving "Last Mile" Supply Chains for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic FoodsAction Against Hunger is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger. Through a system known as integrated community case management (iCCM) and nutrition, the organization seeks to expand the treatment of severe acute …
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Ranjani SrinivasanRanjani Srinivasan is a Doctoral Candidate in Urban Planning from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Their research focuses on the evolving nature of land-labour relations in peri-urban statutory …
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American Murder Revisited: Do Housing Vouchers Cause Crime?Potential neighbors often express worries that Housing Choice Voucher holders heighten crime. Yet, no research systematically examines the link between the presence of voucher holders in a neighborhood and crime. Our article aims to do just this, using …
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From services to activism: How Latino day laborers and domestic workers are advocating for themselvesFor over a decade, Gustavo Torres and CASA of Maryland have been working with day laborers, tenants and domestic workers to fight and advocate for themselves. The organization responds to the growing phenomenon of immigrants working as temporary laborers, …
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MPA-PNP CurriculumSpecialization Focus Areas Tools and Skills Policies and Issues View courses in Advocacy specialization focus areas … Specialization Focus Areas Public Economics and Finance Financial Management View courses in Finance specialization focus areas … …
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Changing Fortunes - How China's Boom Caused the Financial CrisisCHANGING FORTUNES - HOW CHINA’S BOOM CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Since the financial crisis in 2008 and the ensuing economic recession that rocked the world economy, plenty of blame has been going around. The chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Ben …
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What is the Actual Impact of Government Policies, Such as Child-Labor Laws, on Individual Behavior and Well-being?Professor Rajeev Dehejia assesses the impact of government policies, such as child-labor laws, on individual behavior and well-being. … What is the Actual Impact of Government Policies, Such as Child-Labor Laws, on Individual Behavior and …
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A call to action to build research data infrastructureThe research community should move to fill the regulatory gap for large-scale social data left by the recent revisions of the Common Rule, argues Julia Ingrid Lane. … Julia Lane … A call to action to build research data …
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Rajeev DehejiaRajeev Dehejia received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1997. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Economics and The Fletcher School at Tufts University and of the Department of Economics and the School of International and …
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Hidden Talent: Tacit Skill Formation and Labor Market Incorporation of Latino Immigrants in the United StatesThis article examines informal training and skill development pathways of Latino immigrant construction workers in two different urban labor markets: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. We find that institutional differences …
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Time to take hearing loss seriouslyJ Blustein, M Wallhagen, B Weinstein, J Chodosh … Time to take hearing loss seriously …
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NYU School of LawOverview While we cannot guarantee capacity in NYU Law School (NYU Law) courses for NYU Wagner students, you are welcome to request registration for an approved course at NYU Law. Request Process To request registration for a course at NYU Law, you must …
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Beyond a leader-centered approach: Practicing leadership capabilities for collaborationOver 30 students from various degree programs across NYU Wagner deepened their capacity for impactful leadership through the Fall 2017 Collaborative Leadership Laboratory, Co-Lead Lab . The program emphasizes the value of moving beyond leader-centered …
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NIH funding for hearing loss researchJ Blustein … NIH funding for hearing loss research …
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Street Vendors, Television Extras, Walmart Stockers, and More: Worker Subjectivity and Labor Processes in Atypical WorkThis essay reviews Enrique de la Garza Toledo’s anthology on atypical work, titled Trabajo no clásico, organización y acción colectiva (Vols. 1 & 2) and situates it within the larger tradition of Latin American sociology of work. It argues that 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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Developing Participatory Instruments and Administrative Guidelines for Evaluating and Monitoring the Women's Land Link Africa Program"The Huairou Commission is a global coalition of networks, institutions, and individual professionals that links grassroots women's community development organizations to partners. The networks gain access to resources, information sharing and political …
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The $5 man: the underground economic response to a large cigarette tax increase in New York CityOBJECTIVES: We examined the mechanisms by which living in a disadvantaged minority community influences smoking and illegal cigarette sale and purchasing behaviors after a large cigarette tax increase. METHODS: Data were collected from 14 focus groups …
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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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A Systematic Review of Calorie Labeling and Modified Calorie Labeling Interventions: Impact on Consumer and Restaurant BehaviorSara N. Bleich, Christina Economos, Marie L. Spiker, Kelsey A. Vercammen, Eric M. Vanepps, Jason Block, Brian D. Elbel, Mary Story, Christina A. Roberto … A Systematic Review of Calorie Labeling and Modified Calorie Labeling Interventions: Impact on …
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Intraurban Differences in the Use of Ambulatory Health Services in a Large Brazilian CityA major goal of health systems is to reduce inequities in access to services, that is, to ensure that health care is provided based on health needs rather than social or economic factors. This study aims to identify the determinants of health services …
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NIH spending on hearing loss researchJan Blustein … NIH spending on hearing loss research …
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NIH funding for hearing loss researchJan Blustein … NIH funding for hearing loss research …