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     <title>RAND Research Topic: Households</title>
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     <updated>2012-05-24T14:25:58Z</updated>
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   <title type="html">What Economic and Health Effects Has the Financial Crisis Had on Older Households?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/labor/aging/research/projects/economic-crisis-older-households.html</id>
   <published>Apr 27, 2012</published>
   <updated>Apr 27, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">What effect has the financial crisis had on households and health? RAND researchers seek to quantify the effects of the crisis on older U.S. households, and the adjustments made in response. With this information, they aim to determine whether downturns in economic status are associated with declines in health.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Narrowing the Economic Achievement Gap: The Role of Housing</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/01/11/SPO.html</id>
   <published>Jan 11, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 11, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">The results from Montgomery County demonstrate that an integrative housing policy can be an effective form of school policy for disadvantaged children, writes Heather Schwartz.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Integrating Schools Is a Matter of Housing Policy</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100214.html</id>
   <published>Oct 1, 2011</published>
   <updated>Oct 1, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">Inclusionary zoning and economic integration in suburban neighborhoods not only reduces concentration of poverty, it directly improves low-income children&apos;s academic achievement.</summary>
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   <title type="html">RAND Partners with BPS-Statistics Indonesia to Offer Translated Survey Data</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/labor/bps.html</id>
   <published>Jun 9, 2011</published>
   <updated>Jun 9, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The RAND Indonesia Data Core is an online digital library of Indonesian data surveys and documentation with Indonesian originals and English translations. Surveys cover socieconomic status, the labor force, small and large businesses, households, and urban and rural prices.</summary>
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   <title type="html">High Rates of Household Breakups Occurred Following Hurricane Katrina</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/05/23/index1.html</id>
   <published>May 23, 2011</published>
   <updated>May 23, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The composition of households in New Orleans made the city&apos;s families more vulnerable to breakup during the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina.</summary>
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   <title type="html">High Rates of Household Breakups Occurred Following Hurricane Katrina</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9597.html</id>
   <published>May 23, 2011</published>
   <updated>May 23, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The composition of households in New Orleans made the city&apos;s families more vulnerable to breakup during the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina. Two-thirds of the city&apos;s households at that time saw at least one family member move away, an unusually high number even given the tremendous destruction of the hurricane. </summary>
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   <title type="html">Survey in Rural Bangladesh Explores Life-Cycle and Aging</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MHSS.html</id>
   <published>Feb 2, 2011</published>
   <updated>Feb 2, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The Matlab Health and Socio-economic Survey, conducted in 1996, provides a unique microlevel data set for research on aging. In particular, these new data will support in-depth analyses &amp;mdash; not possible with existing survey data &amp;mdash; on interrelated topics having to do with life-cycle investments in the physical, economic, and social well-being of adults and the elderly.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Managing Residential Energy Demand Through Provision of Better Feedback</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD277.html</id>
   <published>Feb 2, 2011</published>
   <updated>Feb 2, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">Examines the potential for better feedback on electricity usage to reduce household energy consumption.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Survey Data Provide Insights into Malaysian Family Life</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MFLS.html</id>
   <published>Sep 17, 2010</published>
   <updated>Sep 17, 2010</updated>
   <summary type="html">The Malaysian Family Life Surveys were conducted in 1976-1977 and 1988-1989. The surveys collected detailed current and retrospective information on family structure, fertility, economic status, education, and more from a partially-overlapping sample of more than 4,000 individuals and households.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Does Transferring Cash to Women Improve Household Well-Being?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/cash-transfers.html</id>
   <published>Aug 27, 2010</published>
   <updated>Aug 27, 2010</updated>
   <summary type="html">Many cash transfer programmes designate women and mothers as transfer recipients, on the assumption that doing so will lead to better outcomes. RAND Europe is undertaking a systematic review for the UK Department for International Development to assess whether transferring cash to women rather than men in low- and middle-income countries has a greater impact on household well-being. </summary>
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   <title type="html">How Fare the Displaced and Returned Residents of New Orleans? Results of an Innovative Pilot Survey</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9500.html</id>
   <published>Jan 15, 2010</published>
   <updated>Jan 15, 2010</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study shows that it is possible to study this hard-to-survey population to determine rates of return and mental illness among residents who experienced Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Housing Policy Is School Policy: Economically Integrative Housing Promotes Academic Success in Montgomery County, MD.</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000161.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2009</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;This article reports on the economic factors that influenced academic achievement for elementary school students in public housing in Montgomery County, Maryland. It argues that economic integration in housing and school policy is vital to student success.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Living Conditions in Anbar Province in June 2008</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR715.html</id>
   <published>Sep 29, 2009</published>
   <updated>Sep 29, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Effective counterinsurgency is dependent on understanding the local population. A survey of those living in Iraq&apos;s Anbar Province (once one of the country&apos;s most violent areas), reveals both the many improvements that have occurred, as well as the extent to which these Iraqis have suffered from the effects of war.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Use of Expert Ratings as Sampling Strata for a More Cost-Effective Probability Sample of a Rare Population</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090322.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2008</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2008</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The authors consider situations in which externally observable characteristics allow experts to quickly categorize individual households as likely or unlikely to contain a member of a rare target population.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Alcohol Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics in Los Angeles, California and Southern Louisiana</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080314.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2007</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The objective of this study was to examine the associations between alcohol availability types and community characteristics in randomly selected census tracts in Southern California and Southeastern Louisiana.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Agrarian Households in Semi-Arid Tropics: Evaluating Policy Options</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD216.html</id>
   <published>May 24, 2007</published>
   <updated>May 24, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">This paper identifies which interventions succeed most in preserving smallholders&apos; household wealth. The livestock intervention is the most cost-effective one, and the employment guarantee scheme provides substantial asset protection.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Governor Barbour Announces Project to Extend Study of Gulf Coast Housing Needs</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/10/24/index2.html</id>
   <published>Oct 24, 2006</published>
   <updated>Oct 24, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">October 24, 2006 News Release: Governor Barbour Announces Project to Extend Study of Gulf Coast Housing Needs.</summary>
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   <title type="html">The Impact of Wives&apos; Earnings on Earnings Inequality Among Married-couple Households in Malaysia</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1111.html</id>
   <published>May 12, 2005</published>
   <updated>May 12, 2005</updated>
   <summary type="html">Analyze the effects of wives&apos; earnings on household earnings&apos; inequality in Peninsular Malaysia in 1976 and 1988. We find that wives&apos; earnings helped equalize the distribution of household earnings in Malaysia, both at the two points in time and over time. </summary>
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   <title type="html">The Influence of Partner Drug Use and Relationship Power on Treatment Engagement</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030501.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2002</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2002</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Relationship power dynamics may be important influences on the treatment process, and some dimensions of power may interact with partner drug use status.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Pensions and Life-Cycle Savings Profiles in the UK</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20030014.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2002</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2002</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Many issues related to household saving behavior are still little understood, at least empirically. In studying household savings, and paying special attention to the impact of pension arrangements, it is important to bear in mind the main features of the economic and demographic environment in the UK.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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