2012-05-24T14:58:04Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/wages-and-compensation.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100247.html Nov 30, 2011 Nov 30, 2011

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/09/20/FRK.html Sep 20, 2011 Sep 20, 2011

Motivation alone does not improve schools. Even if incentives inspire staff to improve practices or work together, educators may not have the capacity or resources to bring about improvement, writes Julie Marsh.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/07/18.html Jul 17, 2011 Jul 17, 2011

A New York City program designed to improve student performance through school-based financial incentives for teachers did not improve student achievement, most likely because it did not change teacher behavior and the conditions needed to motivate staff were not achieved.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1114.html Jul 17, 2011 Jul 17, 2011

A New York City program designed to improve student performance through school-based financial incentives for teachers did not improve student achievement, most likely because it did not change teacher behavior and the conditions needed to motivate staff were not achieved.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9596.html Jul 17, 2011 Jul 17, 2011

New York City's Schoolwide Performance Bonus Program did not improve student achievement at any grade level, perhaps in part because it provided no significant additional motivation beyond other accountability incentives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100120.html Dec 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010

This study of a Cherokee Indian population in North Carolina found that sudden increases in income were associated with short-term increases in risk-taking behavior and higher rates of accidental death.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000154.html Jun 30, 2010 Jun 30, 2010

This study capitalizes on a natural experiment that occurred in California between 2000 and 2002.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090020.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>Labor-market transitions toward the latter parts of workers' careers can be complex, with movement between jobs and classes of work and in and out of retirement.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP213.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>In 2003, the Volcker Commission recommended that explicit pay-for-performance (PFP) systems be adopted more broadly throughout the federal government. What are the pros and cons of PFP schemes compared with seniority-based salary systems?</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070037.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>The authors use data from the earlier and later cohorts of the NLSY to estimate the effect of marriage and childbearing on wages. Estimates imply that marriage lowers female wages 2-4 percent in the year of marriage. Marriage also lowers the wage growth of men and women by about two and four percentage points, respectively. A first birth lowers female wages 2-3 percent, but has no effect on wage growth. Male wages are unaffected by childbearing. Findings suggest that early marriage and childbearing can lead to substantial decreases in lifetime earnings.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060032.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>This paper suggests that, while the relative quality of teachers is declining, this decline may be the result of technological changes that have raised the price of skilled workers outside teaching without affecting the productivity of skilled teachers.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020507.html Dec 31, 2001 Dec 31, 2001

<p>Growing wage inequality appears to have had little effect on the marriage behavior of less-educated black women.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010101.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>Workers under 50 on average will spend 10-20% of their future hours working.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010060.html Dec 31, 2000 Dec 31, 2000

<p>The author examines how these trends are related to changes in the distribution of wages and hours and the returns to education.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD154.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

Analysis of Current Population Survey data and the 1992 DoD Survey of Officers, Enlisted Personnel, and their Spouses demonstrate that the spouses of soldiers and airmen incur the heaviest burden of earnings penalty due to service specific factors.

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<em>Associate Social Scientist</em><br>Ph.D. in sociology, University of California, Berkeley