RAND Research Related to Entrepreneurship Public Policy

Improving Contracting at the City of Los Angeles Airports, Port, and Department of Water and Power — 2005

• Mark Y.D. Wang,
• Nancy Y. Moore,
• Sarah B. Hunter,
• Nancy Nicosia

Presents an analysis of a 90-day study to find ways to make the purchasing, contracting, and leasing activities of the Los Angeles World Airports, the Port of Los Angeles, and the Department of Water and Power more transparent and efficient

• Full Document

Self-Employment Trends and Patterns Among Older U.S. Workers — 2004

• Lynn A. Karoly,
• Julie Zissimopoulos

• Full Document

Transitions to Self-Employment at Older Ages: The Role of Wealth, Health, Health Insurance, and Other Factors — 2004

• Julie Zissimopoulos,
• Lynn A. Karoly

This study uses 5 waves of panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the determinants of labor force transitions to self-employment at older ages.

• Full Document

Prospects of Korean Startups and Cooperation with Silicon Valley Firms — 2004

• Somi Seong

• Abstract

Seeking Nontraditional Approaches to Collaborating and Partnering with Industry — 2002

• Bruce J. Held,
• Kenneth Horn,
• Christopher Hanks,
• Michael V. Hynes,
• Paul Steinberg,
• Christopher G. Pernin,
• Jamison Jo Medby,
• Jeff Brown

Describes three nontraditional approaches to the Army's goal of collaborating and partnering with industry.

• Full Document

Federal Contract Bundling: A Framework for Making and Justifying Decisions for Purchased Services — 2001

• Laura H. Baldwin,
• Frank Camm,
• Nancy Y. Moore

The authors of this report discuss recent legislation designed to protect small businesses by ensuring that bundling occurs only when it is likely to generate measurably substantial increases in performance or reductions in cost to the federal buyer.

• Full Document

The Financial Implications of Releasing Small Firms and Small-Volume Contributors from Superfund Liability — 2000

• Lloyd Dixon

Estimates the number of PRPs that would be released and the cleanup costs that would be transferred to the Fund by recent proposals.

• Full Document

Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business — 2000

• Dana P. Goldman,
• Joan L. Buchanan,
• Emmett B. Keeler

Our simulations suggest that MSAs will provide a limited impetus to businesses that do not currently cover insurance.

• Abstract

Releasing Small Firms from Superfund Liability: What Will It Cost? — 2000

• Lloyd Dixon

Provides information about proposals to exempt small firms and small-volume contributors, including the number and proportion of business firms that would be released, the proposals' dollar costs, and their effect on firms that would remain liable.

• Research Brief

Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work — 2000

• Joel C. Cantor,
• Steve Long,
• M. Susan Marquis,
• Dana P. Goldman,
• Joan L. Buchanan,
• Emmett B. Keeler,
• Lynn A. Karoly,
• Jeannette Rogowski,
• Weiying Zhang,
• Roland Sturm,
• et al.

In a series of studies, we have assessed the cost and consequences of various approaches to providing coverage for these groups (children, employees in small businesses, substance abusers, the uninsured, and the near-elderly).

• Research Brief

California's Small Aerospace Suppliers: Surviving Defense Downsizing — 1996

• Georges Vernez,
• Michael Dardia,
• Kevin F. McCarthy,
• Robert Nordyke

Much of California's small aerospace supplier base has survived the slide in Pentagon business, turning to commercial customers and other lines of production, increasing their productivity and, if necessary, reducing their work forces.

• Research Brief