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Workforce Development
essay
Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two
Jan 7, 2020
Too many American workers aren't getting the education and training they need to compete in the 21st century. We need to revamp the entire system of educating and employing people. And that system needs to ensure equitable access to opportunities and lifelong learning.
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Demographics
blog
Ink Tank: At RAND, Tattoos Sometimes Reflect the Research
Jan 10, 2020
Three RAND experts and one Pardee RAND student explain how their tattoos reflect their research on the problems Marines face, end-of-life care, migration-related issues, and the changing needs of the labor force.
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Education Policy
q&a
Learning Is a Lifelong Process: Q&A with V. Darleen Opfer
Dec 23, 2019
As vice president and director of RAND Education and Labor, V. Darleen Opfer oversees a research portfolio that ranges from early childhood education to retirement planning. In this interview, she discusses what she learned from being a teacher, the need for evidence-based practices, and the importance of lifelong learning in today's labor market.
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Workforce Management
commentary
Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5
Samantha Cherney, Lynn A. Karoly
Oct 17, 2019
The RAND Blog
As the nature of work evolves and the relationships between workers and firms become increasingly complex, it's possible that disentangling worker protections from worker classification rules will become a policy option worth further exploration.
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Hurricanes
blog
Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 13, 2019
This weekly recap looks at Hurricane Dorian recovery, al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, veterans' mental health care, and more.
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Labor Markets
commentary
Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field
Susan L. Marquis @susanlmarquis
Sep 5, 2019
United Press International
Those at the bottom of the European agricultural supply chain are vulnerable to abuse. The same was true in the tomato fields of Florida until recently. The solution developed there may offer a roadmap for doing right by workers in Europe.
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United States
blog
RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress
Aug 5, 2019
For busy staff, August's respite from back-to-back meetings, hearing preparation, and late votes is hard-earned. The summer recess also provides an opportunity to get ahead of issues that will resurface in the fall. To that end, we have compiled recent RAND research on topics likely to top the congressional agenda come September.
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Urologic Disorders
commentary
Waking Up to the Costs of Nocturia
Marco Hafner @econ_hafner, Christian Van Stolk
Jun 18, 2019
The RAND Blog
Nocturia is a troublesome lower urinary tract condition that causes people to wake up two or more times a night to empty their bladder. Researchers calculated the overall economic cost associated with nocturia in a working-age population across six countries.
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Hong Kong
blog
Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 14, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on lessons for state education reform, retaining women in the U.S. Coast Guard, recounting the Battle for Baghdad, and more.
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Health Care Costs
commentary
Addressing Surprise Medical Bills Without Raising the Cost of Health Care
Erin L. Duffy, Mark W. Friedberg, Christopher Whaley, Chapin White @ChapinWhite
Apr 1, 2019
The Hill
Patients who try to stay within their insurers' networks can be hit with surprise bills when they unknowingly receive care from out-of-network physicians. How much should a physician be paid for providing a service that is critical but rendered without the patient's ready ability to choose an in-network provider?
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Refugees
commentary
Economic Burden or Opportunity? How Syrian Refugees Can Contribute to Local Economies
Fadia Afashe, Louay Constant
Mar 25, 2019
The SASA Post
The influx of refugees escaping the war in Syria has placed an enormous economic burden on the countries that host them. Despite the challenges, host countries have an opportunity to capitalize on the presence of refugees to grow their own economies for the mutual benefit of all.
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Refugees
commentary
Jobs Can Improve the Lives of Syrian Refugees and Their Host Communities—and Support Stability in the Middle East
Shelly Culbertson @SC_Culbertson, Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Mar 11, 2019
Foreign Policy
Host governments, international development agencies, and donor countries like the United States could take several steps to improve Syrian refugee employment. This would increase self-reliance among Syrian refugees and ease pressures on host communities.
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Migrants
commentary
Berlin Protests Highlight Need for Sound Employment Discrimination Laws in Germany
Laura Kupe
Nov 15, 2018
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
Germany has a legal tradition and a strong constitution that promotes equality for all those living within its borders. That tradition could end up being a factor as German policymakers consider whether it is advantageous for the nation as a whole that the newest members of its society should have the necessary legal protections to succeed socially and economically.
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Labor Markets
commentary
Bridging the Growing College Divide Among Young Americans
Diana Gehlhaus Carew
Apr 13, 2018
The Hill
Over the last decade, more Americans age 25 to 34 earned four-year college and graduate degrees, but the number of those without college degrees also increased. New ways of communicating educational options and outcomes to young people are needed.
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Markets
commentary
Bitcoin and the Dark Web: The New Terrorist Threat?
Antonia Ward
Jan 22, 2018
Georgetown University Security Studies Review
Bitcoin has become the prominent currency of the dark web, which is often used to buy illegal goods, such as weapons and drugs. Anecdotal evidence suggests terrorists are using cryptocurrency and the dark web, but further investigation is needed.
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Markets
commentary
Why the EU Single Market Has Still Not Reached Its Full Potential
Marco Hafner @econ_hafner
Nov 8, 2017
Open Access Government
The EU Single Market aimed to promote intra-European trade, increase competition, create more jobs and make Europe more attractive to foreign direct investment. The economic benefits of the Single Market are clear, but closer integration requires political buy-in from individual member states and the EU.
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Markets

Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two

Ink Tank: At RAND, Tattoos Sometimes Reflect the Research

Learning Is a Lifelong Process: Q&A with V. Darleen Opfer

Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5

Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap

Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field

RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress

Waking Up to the Costs of Nocturia

Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap

Addressing Surprise Medical Bills Without Raising the Cost of Health Care

Economic Burden or Opportunity? How Syrian Refugees Can Contribute to Local Economies

Jobs Can Improve the Lives of Syrian Refugees and Their Host Communities—and Support Stability in the Middle East

Berlin Protests Highlight Need for Sound Employment Discrimination Laws in Germany

Bridging the Growing College Divide Among Young Americans

Bitcoin and the Dark Web: The New Terrorist Threat?

Why the EU Single Market Has Still Not Reached Its Full Potential

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