Domestic Policy
Education
Class Size Reduction in California: Early Evaluation Findings, 1996-1998, George W. Bohrnstedt and Brian M. Stecher (eds.), Palo Alto, Calif.: American Institutes for Research, 1999. Also available as RAND/RP-803, no charge.
Closing the Education Gap: Benefits and Costs, Georges Vernez, Richard A. Krop, C. Peter Rydell, RAND/MR-1036-EDU, 1999, 224 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2748-4, $15.00.
Contracting: The Case for Privately Operated Public Schools, RAND/RB-8011, 1995, 2 pp., no charge.
"Crowding Out: Small Classes Teach a Lesson in Unintended Consequences," RAND Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 1999, pp. 8-11, RAND/CP-22 (Rev. 9/99), no charge.
"Estimating the Cost of National Class Size Reductions Under Different Policy Alternatives," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Vol. 21, No. 2, Summer 1999, pp. 179-192, Dominic J. Brewer, Cathy Krop, Brian P. Gill, Robert Reichardt.
Improving Student Achievement: State Policies That Make a Difference, David Grissmer, Ann Flanagan, Jennifer Kawata, Stephanie Williamson, RAND/MR-924-EDU, 2000, 308 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2561-9, $20.00.
Large-Scale Testing: Current Practices and New Directions, Stephen P. Klein, Laura Hamilton, RAND/IP-182, 1999, 43 pp., no charge.
Reinventing Public Education, Paul T. Hill, RAND/MR-312-LE/GGF, 1995, 142 pp., ISBN 0-8330-1631-8, $15.00.
Staffing At-Risk School Districts in Texas: Problems and Prospects, Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Scott Naftel, Mark Berends, RAND/MR-1083-EDU, 1999, 106 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2760-3, $15.00.
Health Insurance Coverage for the Uninsured
"Challenges of State Health Reform: Variations in Ten States," Health Affairs, Vol. 17, No. 1, January/February 1998, pp. 191-200, Joel C. Cantor, Stephen H. Long, M. Susan Marquis. Also available as RAND/RP-677, no charge.
"Federalism and Health System Reform: Prospects for State Action," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 278, No. 6, August 13, 1997, pp. 514-517, M. Susan Marquis, Stephen H. Long. Also available as RAND/RP-647, no charge.
"Geographic Variation in Physician Visits for Uninsured Children: The Role of the Safety Net," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 281, No. 21, June 2, 1999, pp. 2035-2040, Stephen H. Long, M. Susan Marquis. Also available as RAND/RP-798, no charge.
Health Care Coverage for the Nation's Uninsured: Can We Get to Universal Coverage? RAND/RB-4527, 2000, 5 pp., no charge.
"Some Pitfalls in Making Cost Estimates of State Health Insurance Coverage Expansions," Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 1996, pp. 85-91, Stephen H. Long, M. Susan Marquis. Also available as RAND/RP-519, no charge.
Targeted Health Insurance Coverage
"COBRA Continuation Coverage: Effect on the Health Insurance Status of Early Retirees," Health Benefits and the Workforce, Volume 2, 1998, U.S. Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, Chapter Four, pp. 73-93, Jeannette A. Rogowski, Lynn A. Karoly.
"The Effect of Access to Post-Retirement Health Insurance on the Decision to Retire Early," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 48, No. 1, October 1994, pp. 103-123, Lynn A. Karoly, Jeannette A. Rogowski. Also available as RAND/RP-360, no charge.
Extending Health Care Insurance to Specific Populations: Profile of RAND Work, RAND/RB-4529, 2000, 4 pp., no charge.
"Health Insurance May Be Improving--But Not for Individuals with Mental Illness," Health Services Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, Part II, April 2000, pp. 253-262, Roland Sturm, Kenneth Wells. Also available as RAND/RP-877, no charge.
"How Expensive Are Unlimited Substance Abuse Benefits Under Managed Care?" Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, May 1999, pp. 203-210, Roland Sturm, Weiying Zhang, Michael Schoenbaum. Also available as RAND/RP-782, no charge.
"Mental Health Parity Legislation: Much Ado About Nothing?" Health Services Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, Part II, April 2000, pp. 263-275, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Roland Sturm. Also available as RAND/RP-878, no charge.
"Retiree Health Benefits and Retirement Behavior: Implications for Health Policy," Health Benefits and the Workforce, Volume 2, 1998, U.S. Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, Chapter Three, pp. 43-71, Lynn A. Karoly, Jeannette A. Rogowski.
"Simulating the Impact of Medical Savings Accounts on Small Business," Health Services Research, Vol. 35, No. 1, Part I, April 2000, pp. 53-75, Dana Goldman, Joan Buchanan, Emmett Keeler.
Medicare Coverage of Prescription Drugs
"The Financial Burden of Prescription Drug Use Among Elderly Persons," The Gerontologist, Vol. 37, No. 4, 1997, pp. 475-482, Jeannette A. Rogowski, Lee A. Lillard, Raynard Kington.
"Insurance Coverage for Prescription Drugs: Effects on Use and Expenditures in the Medicare Population," Medical Care, Vol. 37, No. 9, 1999, pp. 926-936, Lee A. Lillard, Jeannette A. Rogowski, Raynard Kington.
Prescription Drugs and the Elderly: Policy Implications of Medicare Coverage, RAND/RB-5028, 1999, 2 pp., no charge.
Treatment for Depression
"Care for Depression in a Changing Environment," Health Affairs, Vol. 14, No. 3, Fall 1995, pp. 78-89, Kenneth B. Wells, Roland Sturm. Also available as RAND/RP-469, no charge.
Caring for Depression, Kenneth B. Wells, Roland Sturm, Catherine D. Sherbourne, Lisa S. Meredith, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996, 262 pp.
"Evidence-Based Care for Depression in Managed Primary Care Practices," Health Affairs, Vol. 18, No. 5, 1999, pp. 89-105, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Maga Jackson-Triche, Jurgen Unutzer, Jeanne Miranda, Katy Minnium, Marjorie L. Pearson, Kenneth B. Wells. Also available as RAND/RP-841, no charge.
"How Can Care for Depression Become More Cost-Effective?" Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 273, No. 1, January 4, 1995, pp. 51-58, Roland Sturm, Kenneth B. Wells. Also available as RAND/RP-370, no charge.
"Impact of Disseminating Quality Improvement Programs for Depression in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 283, No. 2, 2000, pp. 212-220, Kenneth B. Wells, Catherine D. Sherbourne, Michael Schoenbaum, Naihua Duan, Lisa S. Meredith, Jurgen Unutzer, Jeanne Miranda, Maureen Carney, Lisa V. Rubenstein.
Improving the Quality and Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment for Depression, RAND/RB-4500-1, 1998, 4 pp., no charge.
Partners in Care: Hope for Those Who Struggle with Hope, RAND/RB-4528, 2000, 5 pp., no charge.
Partners in Care: Improving Quality of Care for Depression in Primary Care, Lisa Rubenstein, RAND/MR-1198-AHRQ, 2000, 15-volume set, ISBN 0-8330-2832-4, $275.00 (single set), $220.00 (per set when buying five or more sets).
Quality of Care
Assessing the Appropriateness of Care: How Much Is Too Much? RAND/RB-4522, 1998, 4 pp., no charge.
"Chronic Condition: Quality Deficiencies Pervade U.S. Health Care System," RAND Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, Fall 1999, pp. 18-19, RAND/CP-22 (Rev. 9/99), no charge.
Ensuring Delivery of Necessary Care in the United States: Testimony Presented to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Robert H. Brook, RAND/CT-152, March 1999, 11 pp., $5.00.
"How Good Is the Quality of Health Care in the United States?" The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 4, 1998, pp. 517-563, Mark A. Schuster, Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Robert H. Brook. Also available as RAND/RP-751, no charge.
"Managed Care Is Not the Problem, Quality Is," Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 278, No. 19, 1997, pp. 1612-1614, Robert H. Brook. Also available as RAND/RP-672, no charge.
"The RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method," Clinical Practice Guidelines Development: Methodology Perspectives, Rockville, Md.: DHHS/PHS/AHCPR, 1994, pp. 59-70, Robert H. Brook. Also available as RAND/RP-395, no charge.
"The State of Health Care Quality: How Good Is Care?" Quality First: Better Health Care for All Americans: Final Report to the President of the United States/The President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998, pp. 20-39, Elizabeth A. McGlynn.
Taking the Pulse of Health Care in America, RAND/RB-4524, 1999, 5 pp., no charge.
Abortion
"U.S. Abortion Policy and Fertility," The American Economic Review, Vol. 89, No. 2, 1999, pp. 261-264, Jacob Alex Klerman. Also available as RAND/RP-800, no charge.
U.S. Abortion Policy and Fertility, RAND/RB-5031, 2000, 2 pp., no charge.
"Welfare Reform and Abortion," Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives, Washington, D.C.: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1998, pp. 98-133, Jacob Alex Klerman. Also available as RAND/RP-717, no charge.
Children
Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits, Peter W. Greenwood, Karyn E. Model, C. Peter Rydell, James Chiesa, RAND/MR-699-1-UCB/RC/IF, 1998, 86 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2623-2, $15.00.
"Does Head Start Help Hispanic Children?" Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 74, No. 2, 1999, pp. 235-262, Janet Currie, Duncan Thomas. Also available as RAND/DRU-1528-RC, no charge.
"Does Head Start Make a Difference?" The American Economic Review, Vol. 85, No. 3, 1995, pp. 341-364, Janet Currie, Duncan Thomas. Also available as RAND/RP-440, no charge.
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings, RAND/RB-5014, 1998, 4 pp., no charge.
Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions, Lynn A. Karoly, Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Jill Houbé, M. Rebecca Kilburn, C. Peter Rydell, Matthew Sanders, James Chiesa, RAND/MR-898-TCWF, 1998, 182 pp., ISBN
0-8330-2530-9, $15.00.
"School Quality and the Longer-Term Effects of Head Start," Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming, Janet Currie, Duncan Thomas.
Income Inequality
"Growing Economic Disparity in the U.S.: Assessing the Problem and the Policy Options," The Inequality Paradox: Growth of Income Disparity, Washington, D.C.: National Policy Association, 1998, pp. 234-259, Lynn A. Karoly. Also available as RAND/RP-688, no charge.
Drugs and Crime
Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money? Jonathan P. Caulkins, C. Peter Rydell, William L. Schwabe, James Chiesa, RAND/MR-827-DPRC, 1997, 220 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2453-1, $15.00.
An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Uncertainty: The Cost-Effectiveness of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs, Jonathan P. Caulkins, C. Peter Rydell, Susan S. Everingham, James Chiesa, Shawn Bushway, RAND/MR-923-RWJ, 1999, 227 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2560-0, $15.00.
Three Strikes and You're Out: Estimated Benefits and Costs of California's New Mandatory-Sentencing Law, Peter W. Greenwood, C. Peter Rydell, Allan F. Abrahamse, Jonathan P. Caulkins, James R. Chiesa, Karyn E. Model, Stephen P. Klein, RAND/MR-509-RC, 1994, 87 pp., ISBN 0-8330-1597-4, $13.00.
Air Safety
Safety in the Skies: Personnel and Parties in NTSB Aviation Accident Investigations, Cynthia C. Lebow, William L. Stanley, Liam Sarsfield, Emile Ettedgui, Garth Henning, RAND/MR-1122-ICJ, 1999, 77 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2806-5, $15.00.
Foreign Policy
Europe and Its Perimeter
The Changing Quality of Stability in Europe: The Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty Toward 2001, John E. Peters, RAND/MR-1104-OSD, 2000, 48 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2783-2, $7.50.
The Future of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative: Evolution and Next Steps, Ian O. Lesser, Jerrold D. Green, F. Stephen Larrabee, Michele Zanini, RAND/MR-1164-SMD, 2000, 65 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2812-X, $10.00.
NATO Looks South: New Challenges and New Strategies in the Mediterranean, Ian O. Lesser, RAND/MR-1126-AF, 2000, 81 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2810-3, $12.00.
NATO's Future: Implications for U.S. Military Capabilities and Posture, David A. Ochmanek, RAND/MR-1162-AF, 2000, 49 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2809-X, $7.50.
"Ukraine's Place in European and Regional Security," Ukraine in the World: Studies in the International Relations and Security Structure of a Newly Independent State, 1998, pp. 249-270, F. Stephen Larrabee. Also available as RAND/RP-748, no charge.
Russia
Russia's Demographic "Crisis": How Real Is It? Julie S. DaVanzo and David M. Adamson, RAND/IP-162, 1997, 9 pp., no charge.
Persian Gulf
"Coercing Saddam Hussein: Lessons from the Past," Survival, Vol. 40, No. 3, Autumn 1998, pp. 127-152, Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Matthew C. Waxman. Also available as RAND/RP-741, no charge.
Confronting Iraq: U.S. Policy and the Use of Force Since the Gulf War, Daniel L. Byman, Matthew C. Waxman, RAND/MR-1146-OSD, 2000, 124 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2813-8, $14.00.
"Engaging Iran: A U.S. Strategy," Survival, Vol. 40, No. 3, Autumn 1998, pp. 153-169, Shahram Chubin, Jerrold D. Green. Also available as RAND/RP-734, no charge.
"Iran and Gulf Security," Gulf Security in the Twenty-First Century, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1997, pp. 15-25, Jerrold D. Green. Also available as RAND/RP-682, no charge.
Iran: Limits to Rapprochement: Statement for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Jerrold D. Green, RAND/CT-158-1, July 1999, 8 pp., $5.00.
Political Violence and Stability in the States of the Northern Persian Gulf, Daniel L. Byman, Jerrold D. Green, RAND/MR-1021-OSD, 1999, 146 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2726-3, $15.00.
Central Asia
Chinese Policy Toward Russia and the Central Asian Republics, Mark Burles, RAND/MR-1045-AF, 1999, 95 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2731-X, $15.00.
NATO and Caspian Security: A Mission Too Far? Richard Sokolsky, Tanya Charlick-Paley, RAND/MR-1074-AF, 1999, 132 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2750-6, $15.00.
Ukraine and the Caspian: An Opportunity for the United States, Olga Oliker, RAND/IP-198, 2000, no charge.
China, South Asia, and East Asia
Congage China, Zalmay M. Khalilzad, RAND/IP-187, 1999, 8 pp., no charge.
From Testing to Deploying Nuclear Forces: The Hard Choices Facing India and Pakistan, Gregory S. Jones, RAND/IP-192, 2000, 11 pp., no charge.
Interpreting China's Grand Strategy: Past, Present, and Future, Michael D. Swaine, Ashley J. Tellis, RAND/MR-1121-AF, 2000, 303 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2767-0 (paperback), $20.00, ISBN 0-8330-2815-4 (clothbound), $35.00.
Preparing for Korean Unification: Scenarios and Implications, Jonathan D. Pollack, Chung Min Lee, RAND/MR-1040-A, 1999, 108 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2721-2, $15.00.
The Shape of Korea's Future: South Korean Attitudes Toward Unification and Long-Term Security Issues, Norman D. Levin, foreword by Yong-Sup Han, RAND/MR-1092-CAPP, 1999, 67 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2759-X, $7.50.
"Sweet and Sour: Recipe for a New China Policy," RAND Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, Winter 1999-2000, pp. 6-11, Zalmay M. Khalilzad, RAND/CP-22 (Rev. 1/00), no charge.
The United States and a Rising China: Strategic and Military Implications, Zalmay M. Khalilzad, Abram N. Shulsky, Daniel L. Byman, Roger Cliff, David T. Orletsky, David A. Shlapak, Ashley J. Tellis, RAND/MR-1082-AF, 1999, 134 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2751-4, $15.00.
Cuba
The RAND Forum on Cuba, Edward Gonzalez, Richard A. Nuccio (eds.), RAND/CF-146, 1999, 75 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2741-7, $9.00.
Global Environment
"Carrots and Sticks for New Technology: Crafting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policies for a Heterogeneous and Uncertain World," Integrated Assessment, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2000, pp. 1-19, David A. Robalino, Robert J. Lempert.
Developing Countries & Global Climate Change: Electric Power Options for Growth, Mark Bernstein, Pam Bromley, Jeff Hagen, Scott Hassell, Robert Lempert, Jorge Muñoz, David Robalino, Arlington, Va.: Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 1999, 53 pp.
"May Cooler Tempers Prevail: Let Technology Reduce Hot Air over Global Warming," RAND Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, Winter 1999-2000, pp. 12-17, Mark Bernstein, Scott Hassell, Robert Lempert, RAND/CP-22 (Rev. 1/00), no charge.
"When We Don't Know the Costs or the Benefits: Adaptive Strategies for Abating Climate Change," Climatic Change, No. 33, 1996, pp. 235-274, Robert J. Lempert, Michael E. Schlesinger, Steve C. Bankes. Also available as RAND/RP-557, no charge.
Foreign Aid
Family Planning in Developing Countries: An Unfinished Success Story, Julie S. DaVanzo, David M. Adamson, RAND/IP-176, 1998, 6 pp., no charge.
How Americans View World Population Issues: A Survey of Public Opinion, David M. Adamson, Nancy Belden, Julie S. DaVanzo, Sally Patterson, RAND/MR-1114-DLPF/WFHF/RF, 2000, 148 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2823-5, no charge.
How Does Congress Approach Population and Family Planning Issues? Results of Qualitative Interviews with Legislative Directors, Sally Patterson, David M. Adamson, RAND/MR-1048-WFHF/RF/UNFPA, 1999, 49 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2704-2, no charge.
The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors, Brian Nichiporuk, RAND/MR-1088-WFHF/RF/DLPF/A, 2000, 76 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2780-8, no charge.
The Value of Family Planning Programs in Developing Countries, Rodolfo A. Bulatao, RAND/MR-978-WFHF/RF/UNFPA, 1998, 97 pp., ISBN 0-8330-2633-X, no charge.