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Effect of Financial Incentives and Default Options on Food Choices of Adults With Low Income in Online Retail Settings: A Randomized Clinical Trial… no payment was taken. Interventions Random assignment to 1 of 4 conditions: no intervention, 50% discount on eligible … identified as women. A total of 1842 participants (67.1%) reported currently receiving SNAP benefits and 1492 … those in the discount condition spent 4.7% (98.3% CI, 1.7%-7.7%) of more total dollars on eligible fruits and …
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Paul TainshPaul Tainsh is Principal at The Sustainable Center and Local Issues, an independent, self-owned consulting practice that works with nonprofit and public organizations in the fields of education, arts and culture, social and human services, and community …
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The New World of Economics: A Review ArticleIn this article, the authors present their comments on the book "The New World of Economics," by Richard B. McKenzie and Gordon Tullock. McKenzie and Tullock differ from the other authors in three respects. First, they abandon any reference at all to …
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Access to Health Care ServicesHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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Health Care Delivery in the United StatesHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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Risk Management and Risk Analysis-Based Decision Tools for Attacks on Electric PowerIncident data about disruptions to the electric power grid provide useful information that can be used as inputs into risk management policies in the energy sector for disruptions from a variety of origins, including terrorist attacks. This article uses …
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Why Do Higher Income Households Move Into Low Income Neighborhoods: Pioneering or Thrift?This paper offers several hypotheses about which US higher-income households choose to move into low-income neighbourhoods and why. It first explores whether the probability that a household moves into a relatively low-income neighbourhood (an RLIN move) …
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Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Priority PracticesThe purpose of this effort has been to foster a dialogue among peers at transportation and planning agencies about their experiences with promoting public transit and, in particular, the challenges they face related to bus rapid transit (BRT) projects, as …
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Public Pensions, Public Budgets, and the Risks of Pension Obligation BondsBudgeting is the core financial task in subnational governments. Although limited research has outlined the relationship between the annual operating budget and public pension funds, the existing literature has not considered the manner in which financial …
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Short and Intermediate Economic Impacts of a Terrorist-Initiated Loss of Electric Power: Case Study of New JerseyThe economic impacts of potential terrorist attacks on the New Jersey electric power system are examined using a regional econometric model. The magnitude and duration of the effects vary by type of business and income measure. We assume damage is done …
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Reshaping GovernmentFor the first time in more than four decades, the federal budget has registered two consecutive surpluses, and the need to reduce the deficit is not casting a pall over the policy debate. This new, highly accessible book examines the policy options that …
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Access to Health Care ServicesHow do we understand and also assess the health care of America? Where is health care provided? What are the characteristics of those institutions which provide it? Over the short term, how are changes in health care provisions affecting the health of the …
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The Collapse of the World Trade Center: Learning from Urban Disasters… the World Trade Center was first built, its approximately 1.25 million square meters of office space accommodated about …
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Additional InformationAbout NYU Wagner NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service prepares public service leaders to translate ideas into actions that have an effective and lasting impact on the public good. Our faculty’s research changes the way people frame, …
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Alicia LuiHow would you describe your experience as an NYU Wagner student? I enjoyed my cohort and felt we formed a close bond. I appreciated that we were diverse in background and perspectives and could come together to learn from and support each other. Can you …
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Why Don't Housing Choice Voucher Recipients Live Near Better Schools? Insights from Experimental and Big Administrative Data… from the Department of Housing and Urban Development on 1.4 million housing choice voucher holders in 15 states, with …
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The ‘Own Children’ Fertility Estimation Procedure: A ReappraisalThe Full Birth History has become the dominant source of estimates of fertility levels and trends for countries lacking complete birth registration. An alternative, the ‘Own Children’ method, derives fertility estimates from household age distributions, …
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Institute for Urban Family HealthThe Resident divided her residency between the Administration Department and Bronx Health REACH, a CDC funded initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in the Southwest Bronx. In Administration, the Resident was responsible for …
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A Plan for Organizational Independence… Capstone team provided Health Force with the following: 1) a step-by-step plan for incorporating itself; 2) guidance …
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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentIn 1998, New Jersey enacted the Rehabilitation Subcode, which simplified all construction codes pertaining to the rehabilitation of buildings and spurred a significant statewide increase in rehabilitation. The New York City Department of Housing …
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Reuse of Rockaway Coast Guard Station SiteThe former Rockaway Coast Guard Station site occupies a prime location at the foot of the Marine Parkway Bridge and close to world famous Riis Beach. The Capstone team identified ways of adaptively reusing the historic station, and developed financial …
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Reuse of Rockaway Coast Guard Station SiteThe former Rockaway Coast Guard Station site occupies a prime location at the foot of the Marine Parkway Bridge and close to world famous Riis Beach. The Capstone team identified ways of adaptively reusing the historic station, and developed financial …
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From Crisis to Prosperity: A Sustainable Approach to Breaking the Cycle of HomelessnessPartnership for the Homeless is a New York City based nonprofit committed to breaking the cycle of homelessness by helping clients achieve long-term prosperity. The Partnership requested a Capstone team to design a Career Development Program at their …
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Developing Logic Models and Evaluation Tools to Increase Understanding of the Impact of a New York City Legal Services Nonprofit OrganizationBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) contracted with the Capstone team to research and design logic models and an impact evaluation tool for two practice areas that provide legal counsel and representation to communitybased organizations …