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    RAND's New President, the U.S. Foreign Service, Transportation Equity: RAND Weekly Recap

    Jun 10, 2022

    This weekly recap focuses on RAND's next president and CEO, Jason Matheny, insights into Americans' views on diplomacy and diplomats, solutions for transportation equity, and more.

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    Is a Recession Coming? A Key Indicator Is Also the King of Mixed Messages

    Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    May 27, 2022

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    When fears of inflation arise in the United States, people start paying a lot of attention to weekly unemployment-insurance claims, as an early indicator of layoffs that could augur a broader slump. But unemployment claims are a flawed gauge that may be particularly skewed by the pandemic.

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    Responding to Russian Cyberattacks, Rebuilding Ukraine, Climate Change: RAND Weekly Recap

    Apr 22, 2022

    This weekly recap focuses on how the U.S. could respond to Russian cyberattacks, what it will take to rebuild Ukraine after the war, why U.S. employers still have the power over workers, and more.

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    A Whole New, Same World

    Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    Apr 20, 2022

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    Workers in the United States have emerged from the pandemic with new preferences and demands, but they still lack the power to get what they want. By any meaningful measure, employers are still in charge.

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    The Digital Skills Gap: What Workers Need for the Jobs of the Future

    Mar 1, 2022

    Business leaders have warned for years that what they see on job applications does not match what they need in new employees. There are not enough workers with the right digital skills. And as the world economy struggles to its feet after COVID-19, that skills gap threatens to keep pushing it down.

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    Refugees, Women's Health Research, Supporting Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

    Feb 18, 2022

    This weekly recap focuses on the humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.

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    Feb 17, 2022

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    The majority of school districts report they don't have enough staff to hire, particularly substitutes, bus drivers, and special education teachers. A recent survey also revealed a major challenge for the superintendency. Only half of superintendents said they were likely to stay in their jobs for the long term.

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    RAND Commentary Highlights of 2021

    Dec 21, 2021

    Vaccine rollouts, an attack on the U.S. Capitol, massive ransomware attacks, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, record numbers of job openings and people quitting, and more. RAND researchers weighed in on all these topics and more.

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    Could the Move Toward Zoom and Other Collaboration Technologies Due to the Pandemic Change the Very Makeup of Populations?

    Esther M. Friedman, Andrew M. Parker

    Dec 17, 2021

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    Collaborative technologies such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams have transformed how we work, visit the doctor, and go to school. But can they also shift demographic trends in migration, fertility, morbidity, and mortality? And if so, how?

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    Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist

    Dec 14, 2021

    The Wall Street Journal

    It's tempting to see in 2021 a harbinger of some permanent shift in our labor market, but that would be premature. What is clear is that we will never recreate the world of December 2019. The labor market in 2022 and beyond will reflect not only what workers learned from their pandemic experience, but also how employers and policymakers choose to respond.

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    Dec 6, 2021

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    The new “traffic light” coalition in Germany recently agreed to regulate the sale of cannabis to adults for recreational purposes in licensed shops. International experience has shown that great care is needed in how cannabis policy is shaped.

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    More Than Green: Leveraging Green Bonds to Invest in Greater Climate Resilience

    Karishma V. Patel, Michelle E. Miro

    Nov 24, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    The significance of green bonds may depend not only on having a lot of them but also on carefully developing, investing, and tracking projects against the larger goal of climate resilience.

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    The Growing Green Bond Market Could Plateau. How Can It Grow Further?

    David Catt, Nihar Chhatiawala, Mark Stalczynski

    Nov 23, 2021

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    If green bonds are a viable tool to reduce emissions and adapt infrastructure to the effects of climate change, how can governments encourage the issuance, sales, and growth in the share of green bonds in the total bond market?

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    Green Bonds Can Leave Issuers in the Red

    Brian Wong, Ismael Arciniegas Rueda

    Nov 22, 2021

    The RAND Blog

    To achieve the Biden administration's blueprint for solar energy and focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation, green bonds may be worth considering. But, like any other financing instrument, they may be best considered through a cost-benefit lens.

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    News Manipulation, the Risk of Civil War, Russia and Ukraine: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 19, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on tracking news manipulation during the pandemic, the threat of another civil war, preventing health insurance loss, and more.

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    North Korea, Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military, America's Labor Shortage: RAND Weekly Recap

    Nov 5, 2021

    This weekly recap focuses on how to deal with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools, and more.

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