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PRGS Dissertations
PRGS dissertations are produced by graduate fellows of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the world's leading producer of Ph.D.'s in policy analysis. The dissertations are supervised, reviewed, and approved by a PRGS faculty committee overseeing each dissertation.
2010
Between Slogans and Solutions: A Frame-Based Assessment Methodology for Public Diplomacy
Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care?
Evaluating the Impacts of School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies on Child Health
Family Factors and Student Outcomes
Three Essays on Hypertension Prevention and Medical Product Safety in China and the United States
A Vehicle for Change: PNGV, An Experiment in Government-Industry Cooperation
2009
Defining and Evaluating Reliable Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing
The Effect of Knowledge Management Systems on Organizational Performance: Do Soldier and Unit Counterinsurgency Knowledge and Performance Improve Following "Push" or "Adaptive-Push" Training?
Essays on Government Policy and Pharmaceutical Innovation
Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of AmeriCorps Service on Participants
Financial Resources, Living Arrangements, and Private Transfers
Finding Needles in a Haystack: A Resource Allocation Methodology to Design Strategies to Detect Terrorist Weapon Development
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs
Preserving Health among Vulnerable Populations: Three Essays
Retirement Decisions of Women and Men in Response to Their Own and Spousal Health
Selection, Wear, and Tear: The Health of Hispanics and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States
Self-Employment among Older Workers: Assistance Programs, Liquidity Constraints and Employment Patterns
Three Essays on Health Behaviors and the Need for New Policy
Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Access Effects, Diffusion Process, and Health Effects of New Drugs
2008
Adolescent Mothers Involved in the Child Welfare System in Los Angeles: Who are They and How Can We Help Them?
Considering a Cadre Augmented Army
Economic Determinants of Obesity Among Older Americans
The Effect of Personnel Stability on Organizational Performance: Do Battalions with Stable Command Groups Achieve Higher Training Proficiency at the National Training Center?
Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel
Essays on Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors and Outcomes
An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating and Support Costs for Air Force Aircraft
Hazard Abatement as a Function of Firm Size: The Effects of Internal Firm Characteristics and External Incentives
Improving Cost-Effectiveness and Mitigating Risks of Renewable Energy Requirements
Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India
The Place We Live, the Health We Have: A Multi-Level, Life Course Perspective on the Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Poverty on Health and Racial Health Disparities
Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links Between Economics and Epidemiology
2007
Accelerating the Adoption of Clinical IT Among the Healthcare Providers in US: Strategies & Policies
Agrarian Households in Semi-Arid Tropics: Evaluating Policy Options
Balancing Two Lives: The Relationship of Activation, Pay, and Retention Among U.S. Air Force Reserve Pilots
Carry That Weight: Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities
Confronting the Challenges of Student Engagement: A Case Study of a School-Based Intervention
Developing a Safety Net for Ukraine
From the Outside In: Shaping the International Criminal Court
Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries
A Good Start in Life: Revisiting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes At and After Birth
Improving Decision-making Systems for Decentralized Primary Education Delivery in Pakistan
Incorporating Traffic Enforcement Racial Profiling Analyses into Police Department Early Intervention Systems
Navigating the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard Countries
Overcoming the ''Resource Curse'': Prioritizing Policy Interventions in Countries with Large Extractive Industries
Private Firms Working in the Public Interest: Is the Financial Statement Audit Broken?
RFID in the Retail Sector: A Methodology for Analysis of Policy Proposals and Their Implications for Privacy, Economic Efficiency and Security
Robust Decisions and Deep Uncertainty: An Application of Real Options to Public and Private Investment in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies
The Role of Public and Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States
2006
Aircraft Modifications: Assessing the Current State of Air Force Aircraft Modifications and the Implications for Future Military Capability
Assessing the Effects of Parental Decisions About School Type and Involvement on Early Elementary Education
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