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Social Services and Welfare
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The Marriage Plot
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Apr 4, 2022
Bloomberg Quint
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
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Racial Discrimination
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Historic Lynchings and Voter Registration, China in Space, Firefighters' Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 30, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.
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Employment and Unemployment
commentary
How the Coronavirus Changed the Childcare Debate
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Jul 26, 2021
The RAND Blog
Policymakers have long had evidence that childcare enables mothers to work. What the COVID-19 pandemic taught everyone is how the lack of childcare can be a disastrous constraint.
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Visual Arts
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RAND Art + Data, 'Gray Market Care,' Supply Chains and Cyberattacks: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 25, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's new artist residency program, Art + Data; the prevalence of "gray market care" in the United States; supply chains' cyber problem; and more.
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Caregivers
commentary
The Informal Carers Who Help People with MS Need Support More Than Ever
Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Brandi Leach
May 28, 2021
The RAND Blog
The trend within health care services toward remote care and self-management for people with multiple sclerosis has not included adequate support to carers. Greater investment to support the needs of carers could support the informal care they provide, as well as the carer as an individual.
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Caregivers
commentary
Rescue Plan Help for Family Caregivers Is a First Step
Alexandra Drane, Molly Coye, Esther M. Friedman
Apr 5, 2021
The RAND Blog
Unpaid caregivers have been a critical part of the functioning U.S. economy, serving as the backbone of the health system, since long before the pandemic started. Adding them to the American Rescue Plan was an important step, but even after the pandemic is over, their financial security will need long-term protection.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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COVID-19 Testing in Schools, Family Caregivers, U.S. Entrepreneurship: RAND Weekly Recap
Mar 12, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on COVID-19 testing in schools, giving a voice to family caregivers, preparing for daylight saving time, and more.
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Caregivers
essay
Giving Family Caregivers a Voice
Mar 10, 2021
One in every five American adults is caring for a loved one in need. Too often, they have to fight to make their voices heard in a health care system that doesn't always see them as the partners in care they can be. More could be done to integrate them into patients' health care teams.
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Caregivers
commentary
Family Caregivers Are the Health Care Workers That Vaccination Plans Overlook
Esther M. Friedman
Mar 1, 2021
Route Fifty
About 53 million family members and friends provide care to loved ones in the United States, representing a critical element of the long-term care system. The pandemic has made family caregivers front-line workers. They can't be left out of important discussions around vaccination priorities and how to minimize the virus's risk to those with compromised health.
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Domestic Terrorism
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A Message from Our President, Medical Mistrust, Insulin Prices: RAND Weekly Recap
Jan 8, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on Wednesday’s siege on the U.S. Capitol, Americans' psychological distress, medical mistrust and COVID-19 vaccines, and more.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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RAND Commentary Highlights of 2020
Dec 18, 2020
The roughly 400 op-eds and blog posts published by RAND researchers during the year reflected an enormous variety of expertise and perspectives, from remote education to election cybersecurity to the economic harms of racial disparities. Here are 10 highlights that landed in high-profile news outlets.
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Veterans Health Care
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Veterans Day, Psychedelic Drug Policy, Family Caregivers: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 13, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on supporting veterans with mental health and substance use disorders, changes to psychedelic drug policy, the vital role of family caregivers, and more.
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Labor Markets
commentary
Sitting It Out? Or Pushed Out? Women Are Leaving the Labor Force in Record Numbers
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Oct 23, 2020
The RAND Blog
Added to long-standing challenges such as securing child care and combating pay disparities, the economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic has hit women workers measurably harder than men. The consequences highlight just how much policy has failed to keep up with women's progress.
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Social Services and Welfare
commentary
Learning from Existing Novel Approaches to Solving the Adult Social Care Crisis Is Better Than Reinventing the Wheel
Tom Ling, Jon Sussex, Susie Finlayson
Oct 14, 2020
The RAND Blog
The growing gap in the UK between the need for social care for older people and the provision of support arises not only from a crisis of funding, but also from a failure to learn from what is already being done well. Closing the gap might be achieved by learning from creative approaches already being tried and then implementing them.
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Work-Family Conflicts
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Back to School: Working Parents Will Need Help from Employers
Charlene A. Wong, Laura J. Faherty @LauraFahertyMD
Jul 17, 2020
USA Today
Reopening schools would provide much-needed child care for parents who need to work, help feed 30 million U.S. children, and prevent further inequitable learning losses. But it also means exposing more kids to the virus. How can families and employers prepare for the disruptions that lie ahead?
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Air Travel Data to Predict COVID Risk, Heatwave Planning, Caregiver Time Off: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 12, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on using air travel data to predict COVID risk, planning for a heat wave during the pandemic, why caregivers need time off, and more.
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