2013-04-14T22:53:22Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/z/zamarro_gema.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR588.html 2008-06-20T13:41:00Z 2008-06-20T13:41:00Z

Addresses the costs and benefits of retirement for individuals and government budgets in a multicountry setting.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR762.html 2010-07-01T16:25:00Z 2010-07-01T16:25:00Z

Using data from the RAND American Life Panel, examines potential explanations for the gender gap including the role of marriage and division of financial decision-making among couples.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20121303.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

Using newly collected data from the RAND American Life Panel, we examine potential explanations for the gender gap in financial literacy, including the role of marriage and who within a couple makes the financial decisions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR908.html 2010-12-14T11:30:00Z 2010-12-14T11:30:00Z

Provides the Social Security Administration with a set of research design options for estimating the induced entry effects of a proposed $1-for-$2 benefit offset for its Social Security Disability Insurance program.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR833.html 2011-02-17T23:00:00Z 2011-02-17T23:00:00Z

Analyzes how and to what extent child care is provided by grandmothers and how this task is combined with paid work in ten European countries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR861z4.html 2012-02-06T12:00:00Z 2012-02-06T12:00:00Z

Summarizes and compares measures of employment and retirement status in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1410.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher attributes affect elementary student achievement, using longitudinal student-level data from Los Angeles.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR555.html 2008-05-23T10:57:00Z 2008-05-23T10:57:00Z

Examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher attributes affect elementary student achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR671.html 2009-07-01T08:34:00Z 2009-07-01T08:34:00Z

Examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher qualifications affect middle school student achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR693.html 2009-09-01T10:51:00Z 2009-09-01T10:51:00Z

Examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher qualifications affect high school student achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9526.html 2010-05-20T16:26:00Z 2010-05-20T16:26:00Z

RAND researchers found no evidence that traditional teacher qualification standards have a substantial effect on student achievement in Los Angeles public schools. Other measures and reward systems might be better at improving teacher quality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120009.html 2012-03-01T12:00:00Z 2012-03-01T12:00:00Z

This study examines an anonymous urban district that, faced with declining enrollment, chose to make student achievement a major criterion in determining which schools would be closed. The district targeted low-performing schools in its closure plan, and sought to move their students to higher-performing schools.