RAND research on population and aging analyzes demographic and immigration trends and explores a range of concerns, from family planning to religion to discrimination. RAND also addresses vulnerable populations—such as the elderly and the poor—analyzing retirement and other aspects of financial decisionmaking, welfare, and end-of-life issues.
Journal Article
Proposes a new category for public policy and clinical quality improvement, ''persons who will die as a result of serious and complex illness,'' a population for whom delivery system changes could ensure reliable, continuous, and competent care.
Journal Article
Examines differences in out-of-pocket expenditures for mental health services and their burden across different populations.
Journal Article
Describes the psychometric properties of a self-report questionnaire for measuring instrumental functioning in community populations, and the results of a study to validate the scale among homeless persons.
Journal Article
This paper compares the effects of overweight, poverty, smoking, and problem drinking on occurrence of chronic conditions and health-related quality-of-life.
Research Brief
This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).
Research Brief
This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).
Research Brief
This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).
Research Brief
This model shows how the current dynamic of population growth differs from that of earlier periods and suggests that the world will see increasing pressures for migration to the developed world.
Research Brief
This research brief describes, in French, work documented in The Environmental Implications of Population Dynamics (MR-1191-WFHF/RF/DLPF).
Research Brief
As they pay more attention to accountability, funders and implementers of early childhood interventions are becoming more interested in comparing the benefits their programs produce and the costs they incur.
Research Brief
In Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research, a panel of experts convened by the National Research Council (NRC), examines the issues surrounding global aging and their implications for policy and research.
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Presents results of a national survey of how Americans view global demographic trends and issues in the context of U.S. international economic assistance.
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This report identifies and explores a method of predicting the risk of large-scale displacements of human populations using a set of key environmental indicators.
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RAND Statewide CalWORKS Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis: Preliminary Investigations of Caseload Data
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RAND Statewide CalWORKs Evaluation Welfare Reform in California: Design of the Impact Analysis
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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.
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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.
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This research has found that significant math gains are occurring across most states that cannot be traced to resource changes, that the rate of gain varies significantly by state, and that reform efforts are the likely cause of these gains.
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Welfare reform poses significant challenges and opportunities for California communities.
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