Reports
2001
Dire Demographics: Population Trends in the Russian Federation — 2001
In sum, the demographic problems Russia faces indicate it may do better to focus on qualitative indicators, such as the health and welfare of its population, than on quantitative indicators, such as the overall size of its population.
Accountability for After-School Care: Devising Standards and Measuring Adherence to Them — 2001
This book offers a set of 18 model practices against which after-school programs can be evaluated.
Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program — 2001
The authors identify the conceptual and methodological issues associated with the analysis of costs and outcomes of early intervention programs and review the prior application of these methods to several programs. The specific recommendations are framed as a set of more general guidelines for decisionmakers to make choices about early childhood intervention programs.
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year — 2001
This report describes the implementation of California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program in its first two years.
Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1999 All-County Implementation Survey — 2001
Presents the results of the second annual All-County Implementation Surveys (ACIS) conducted as part of RAND's statewide evaluation of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program.
2000
How Americans View World Population Issues: A Survey of Public Opinion — 2000
Presents results of a national survey of how Americans view global demographic trends and issues in the context of U.S. international economic assistance.
RAND Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis: Preliminary Investigations of Caseload Data — 2000
RAND Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis: Preliminary Investigations of Caseload Data
The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors — 2000
The author lays out a general framework for looking at population developments through the prism of security issues, proffering some preliminary assessments as to which trends or factors might threaten U.S. interests around the world.
The Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics — 2000
This report discusses the relationship between population and environmental change, the forces that mediate this relationship, and how population dynamics specifically affect climate change and land-use change.
RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis — 2000
RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis
1999
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year -- Executive Summary — 1999
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year -- Executive Summary
An Analysis of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Child Care Centers — 1999
An Analysis of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Child Care Centers
The Importance of International Demographic Research for the United States — 1999
International demographic research has generated enormous benefits for the U.S. This report identifies five major reasons for these benefits.
How Does Congress Approach Population and Family Planning Issues? Results of Qualitative Interviews with Legislative Directors — 1999
Nearly unanimous support was expressed for U.S. support of voluntary family planning when it is understood to exclude abortion. Congress would benefit from research-based, factual information on a variety of international population issues.
Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey, Appendix — 1999
The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996.
Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the First Year — 1999
The California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program is California's response to the welfare reforms Congress set in motion in 1996.
Welfare Reform in California: Results of the 1998 All-County Implementation Survey — 1999
Survey responses indicate that California counties have made significant administrative changes in welfare operations.
1998
The Value of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries — 1998
Family planning programs have been highly successful over the past 30 years in providing women in development countries with desired access to contraceptive services and helping to reduce fertility rates.
Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions — 1998
This study synthesizes the results of a number of previous evaluations in an effort to gauge the potentially costly programs that intervene early in the lives of disadvantaged children.
1996
New Estimates of the Effect of Kassebaum-Kennedy's Group-to-Individual Conversion Provision on Premiums for Individual Health Insurance — 1996
Reexamines the likely effect on insurance premiums in the individual health insurance market of the Health Insurance Act of 1995 (commonly known as "Kassebaum-Kennedy").
1995
Data Sources for Studies of Self-Insured Health Plans — 1995
This report contains an overview of seven national surveys that are representative random samples of self-insured and other employee plans.
1993
The First Malaysian Family Life Survey: Documentation on Subfiles — 1993
This document describes an alternative format for data from the First Malaysian Family Life Survey (MFLS-1) wherein different card types have been split out into separate subfiles.
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