Amy Ellen Schwartz
Professor, Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs at Syracuse University
Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Education, and Economics at Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Schools
- Syracuse University
- Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Biography
Syracuse University
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Specialties
Public economics, economics of education, urban economics
Courses
Fall 2018
PAI 810.003 Advanced Seminar: Policy and Administration, Th 12:00-2:00, 209 Eggers Hall
Biography
Amy Ellen Schwartz is a Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs, and the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs, and Director of the Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York University. Her research interests span issues in education policy, urban economics, and public finance. Current projects include an investigation of student mobility; the impact of neighborhood crime on student performance; the link between neighborhoods, schools and child obesity; and the impact of housing vouchers on residential location decisions and children’s educational outcomes. Her work has been published in a range of journals and her research has been funded through grants from various federal agencies. In 2009, she served as the President of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, and is currently on the editorial board of Regional Science and Urban Economics and is the Editor of Education Finance and Policy. Full Biography
Publications
Selected Papers
Research Interests
Public Economics
Economics of Education
Urban Economics
Research Grants and Awards
"The Impact of the Built Environment on Child BMI," NYU/NIH. September 2016-June 2021.
“Special Education Policy Reforms: Equal Opportunity at Last?” NYU/Spencer Foundation, January 2015 – December 2017.
“Impact of the Food Environment on Child Body Mass Index,” NYU/NIH, September 2013 – August 2017.
“Can (E)mail Improve the Effectiveness of BMI Reporting?” The Poverty Action Lab, April 2015 – December 2016.
“The Impact of School Food Policy on Childhood Obesity,” NYU/NIH, February 2015 – March 2016.
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Amy Ellen Schwartz is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Education, and Economics. During her tenure at NYU, Dr. Schwartz held the role of Director of the NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy. She also taught courses in public finance and policy at both the Wagner School and The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Her research is primarily in applied econometrics, focusing on issues in urban policy, education policy and public finance. Her current research in K-12 education examines the relationship between student performance and housing and neighborhood change; the role of schools and neighborhoods in shaping childhood obesity; immigration and mobility in urban schools, and the efficacy of school reforms. Research on urban economic development has included work on Business Improvement Districts, housing investment, school choice, and investment in infrastructure, among other issues in public finance.
Professor Schwartz has published numerous articles in academic journals including: the American Economic Review,The Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Urban Economics. Her research has been supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation, NIH, IES, NSF, WT Grant Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation among others.
Professor Schwartz received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.
Areas of Expertise
City Management
Economics
Education
Evaluation
Finance
Health Policy
Inequality
Policy Analysis
Race, Class, Gender & Diversity
Social Policy
Urban Policy
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