2013-05-29T07:56:09Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/galama_titus.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/07/09/PPG.html 2008-07-09T14:20:00Z 2008-07-09T14:20:00Z

Since the end of the Cold War, many observers have feared the United States is losing its leadership in science and technology, but RAND research shows that the U.S. has more than kept pace with its peers by several measures, write Titus Galama and James Hosek.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/02/22/FT.html 2006-02-22T12:00:01Z 2006-02-22T12:00:01Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: Making Europe a Home Fit for the Next Einstein, in the Financial Times.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR773.html 2010-08-16T11:26:00Z 2010-08-16T11:26:00Z

Presents a life-cycle model that incorporates multiple mechanisms explaining (jointly) a large part of the observed disparities in health by socioeconomic status.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9419z1.html 2009-03-31T12:58:00Z 2009-03-31T12:58:00Z

Qatari education reform, which included implementation of a new finance system, appears to be providing schools with adequate funding but is still struggling with issues of transparency and swift policy shifts that have been difficult to accommodate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9419.html 2009-03-05T10:31:00Z 2009-03-05T10:31:00Z

Qatar's education reform, which included implementation of a new finance system, appears to be providing schools with adequate funding but is still struggling with issues of transparency and swift policy shifts that have been difficult to accommodate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR684.html 2009-05-26T08:07:00Z 2009-05-26T08:07:00Z

The authors present a generalized solution to Grossman's model of health capital (1972), relaxing the widely used assumption that individuals can adjust their health stock instantaneously to an "optimal" level without adjustment costs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR658.html 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z 2009-01-27T08:16:00Z

Formulates a stylized structural model of health, wealth accumulation and retirement decisions building on the human capital framework of health provided by Grossman.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR831.html 2011-02-08T09:30:00Z 2011-02-08T09:30:00Z

Presents a theory of the demand for health, health investment and longevity, building on the human capital framework for health and addressing limitations of existing models.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR928.html 2012-03-13T11:00:00Z 2012-03-13T11:00:00Z

Estimates a health investment equation, derived from a health capital model with particular emphasis on whether the health production function has constant returns to scale, or decreasing returns to scale.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR346.html 2006-03-09T02:52:00Z 2006-03-09T02:52:00Z

Discusses the structure and approach to be chosen in setting up the new European Institute of Technology, which aims to raise the competitiveness of the European Union through scientific and technological excellence.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR399.html 2006-09-07T16:30:00Z 2006-09-07T16:30:00Z

Provides recommendations for the Dutch government and large technological institutes to increase those institutes' effectiveness.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9347.html 2008-05-28T09:40:00Z 2008-05-28T09:40:00Z

This research brief examines the claim that the United States is losing its position as a global leader in science and technology and offers policy recommendations to address such concerns.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF235.html 2007-08-20T01:30:00Z 2007-08-20T01:30:00Z

Is the United States in danger of losing its competitive edge in science and technology? The papers presented in these proceedings provide a partial survey of the facts, challenges, and questions posed by the potential erosion of U.S. S and T capability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000140.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Qatar began establishing publicly funded, privately operated "independent schools" in parallel with the existing Ministry of Education system in 2002.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG674.html 2008-05-07T19:12:00Z 2008-05-07T19:12:00Z

Examines claims that the United States is losing its position as a global leader in science and technology and offers policy recommendations to address such concerns.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG839.html 2009-02-24T16:15:00Z 2009-02-24T16:15:00Z

Reform-minded leaders of Qatar, who have embarked on a sweeping reform of their nation's education system, asked RAND to evaluate the education finance system that has been adopted and to offer suggestions for improvements.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2008-12.html 2008-12-14T21:05:00Z 2008-12-14T21:05:00Z

The cover story offers 12 suggestions for the new U.S. president; other pieces discuss education and health in China and India, health policy models, the U.S. Postal Service mailbox monopoly, a green U.S. Army, and political reform in the Arab world.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR722.html 2009-12-22T10:38:00Z 2009-12-22T10:38:00Z

Uses a calibrated stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes behind the increase in health spending and life expectancy over the period 1965-2005.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR988.html 2013-04-16T11:55:00Z 2013-04-16T11:55:00Z

Seeks to explain the phenomenon of wealthier individuals engaging in healthier behavior by developing a theory of health behavior, and exploiting both lottery winnings and inheritances to test the theory.