Stephanie Rennane

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Associate Economist
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Education

Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; M.A. in economics, University of Maryland; B.A. in economics, University of Michigan

Overview

Stephanie Rennane is an associate economist at the RAND Corporation. Her research analyzes the design and efficiency of social insurance and other public interventions for vulnerable populations. One side of her research seeks to understand the value of social insurance, assessing extent to which social insurance "fills a gap" in the private insurance market and mitigates risks to income and well-being following an unexpected bad event. Another side of her research analyzes the efficiency of social insurance, asking who is the target population for particular programs, how to identify this population, and when is the right time to intervene. Rennane has topical expertise studying disability and related policy issues among adults and children. Her recent work includes studying the effect of workers' compensation benefits on labor supply and analyzing trends in diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of disabilities in the military. She also has research studying interactions between Social Security Disability Insurance and family assistance, studying patterns in health and health insurance coverage among near-elderly retirees, and assessing ways to measure disability based on functional status. Rennane holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland.

Research Focus

Selected Publications

Andrew Foote, Michel Grosz, and Stephanie Rennane, "The Effect of Lower Transaction Costs on Social Security Disability Insurance Application Rates and Participation," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 38(1), 2019

Zachary Morris and Stephanie Rennane, "Functional Limitations and Employment among Disability Benefit Recipients with Musculoskeletal Conditions: A Mediation Analysis," Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 50(1), 2019

Michael Dworksy, Stephanie Rennane and Nicholas Broten, Wage Loss Monitoring for Injured Workers in California's Workers' Compensation System: 2014-2015 Injury Year Findings (Second Interim Report), RAND (RR-2807), 2018

Michael Dworksy, Stephanie Rennane and Nicholas Broten, Wage Loss Monitoring for Injured Workers in California's Workers' Compensation System: 2013 Injury Year Findings (First Interim Report), RAND (RR-2572), 2018

Michael Dworsky, Denise D. Quigley, Stephanie Rennane and Madeline B. Doyle, Evaluation of the Return to Work Fund in California's Workers' Compensation System: Performance to Date and Options for Modification, RAND (RR-2548), 2018

Mark Duggan, Melissa S. Kearney, and Stephanie Rennane "The Supplemental Security Income Program," in Robert A. Moffitt, Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume II, University of Chicago Press, 2016

Publications