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National Will to Fight: Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don't

In this report, RAND researchers propose an exploratory model of 15 variables that shape a national government's decision to continue or end military and other operations during a conflict (i.e., national will to fight).

Sep 20, 2018

Michael J. McNerney, Ben Connable, S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Natasha Lander, Marek N. Posard, Jasen J. Castillo, Dan Madden, Ilana Blum, Aaron Frank, Benjamin J. Fernandes, In Hyo Seol, Christopher Paul, Andrew Parasiliti
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Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units

This report defines and describes will to fight and provides a model of unit will to fight that can be applied to ground combat units of any scale. It also provides a theoretical basis for adding will to fight to military war gaming.

Sep 20, 2018

Ben Connable, Michael J. McNerney, William Marcellino, Aaron Frank, Henry Hargrove, Marek N. Posard, S. Rebecca Zimmerman, Natasha Lander, Jasen J. Castillo, James Sladden
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Impacts of the Elimination of the ACA's Individual Health Insurance Mandate Penalty on the Nongroup Market in New York State

How will elimination of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate penalty affect the nongroup insurance market in the state of New York? Researchers used RAND's COMPARE microsimulation model to estimate the effects.

Sep 20, 2018

Preethi Rao, Christine Eibner, Sarah A. Nowak
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A Public School Voucher Demonstration: The First Year at Alum Rock

Reports on the first year of a large-scale educational and social intervention that began in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District, San Jose, California, in 1972.

Sep 19, 2018

Daniel Weiler
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Homeland Security National Risk Characterization: Risk Assessment Methodology

Presents a risk assessment methodology that can be used to identify the greatest risks to homeland security and support prioritization of U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission elements as part of DHS planning processes.

Sep 19, 2018

Henry H. Willis, Mary Tighe, Andrew Lauland, Liisa Ecola, Shoshana R. Shelton, Meagan L. Smith, John G. Rivers, Kristin J. Leuschner, Terry Marsh, Daniel M. Gerstein
Brochure

Brochure

RAND at a Glance (兰德公司概览): Chinese Translation (simplified characters)

Chinese translation (simplified characters) of "RAND at a Glance."

Sep 19, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Strict Duality and Overlapping Productivity Distributions Between Formal and Informal Firms

This paper deepens the understanding of informality by investigating important heterogeneity in the overlap of productivity distributions across industries.

Sep 19, 2018

Jeffrey Allen, Shanthi Nataraj, Tyler Schipper
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Journal Article

Learning Versus Stealing: How Important Are Market-Share Reallocations to India's Productivity Growth?

Our findings, which suggest that "learning" is more important than "stealing" over the 1985 through 2004 period, are consistent with the most recent literature on heterogeneous firms.

Sep 19, 2018

Ann E. Harrison, Leslie A. Martin, Shanthi Nataraj
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Impact of Labor Market Regulation on Employment in Low-Income Countries: A Meta-Analysis

We conclude that the evidence for LICs (and recent LICs) points to a negative effect of regulations on formal employment, and a compensating positive effect on informal employment.

Sep 19, 2018

Shanthi Nataraj, Francisco Perez-Arce, Krishna B. Kumar, Sinduja Srinivasan
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity: Evidence from India's Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sectors

This paper was first to consider the effects of India's tariff liberalization on the entire manufacturing industry, both small, informal firms and large, formal firms. The overall effect of the trade reforms is increased productivity in both sectors.

Sep 19, 2018

Shanthi Nataraj
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Evaluating the Impact of a Total Force Service Commitment Policy on Air Force Pilot Manning: An Exploratory Application of Inventory Modeling

The authors examine whether a Total Force (rather than component-specific) service commitment with increased service commitment lengths could reduce or eliminate projected pilot shortages in the Air Force.

Sep 18, 2018

David Schulker, Tara L. Terry
Dissertation

Dissertation

Treatment Not Custody: Process and Impact Evaluation of the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court

This dissertation is a process and impact evaluation of the Santa Monica Homeless Community Court.

Sep 18, 2018

Maya Buenaventura
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Expanding Operating and Support Cost Analysis for Major Programs During the DoD Acquisition Process: Legal Requirements, Current Practices, and Recommendations

The Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation is required to perform a broad set of cost analysis duties related to major defense acquisition programs but does not always have the resources to fulfill its duties.

Sep 17, 2018

Michael Boito, Tim Conley, Joslyn Fleming, Alyssa Ramos, Katherine Anania
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Development of metrics to measure the impact of Tommy's work

This study presents metrics to help work out what Tommy's should measure and how Tommy's should report impact. The aim is to work out how each contributes to Tommy's desired outcomes, namely the reduction of stillbirth, preterm birth and miscarriage.

Sep 17, 2018

Advait Deshpande, Susan Guthrie, Carla Cox, Adam Bertscher
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International Movement and Science: A survey of researchers by the Together Science Can campaign

This report documents findings from a survey exploring the patterns, enablers, obstacles and outcomes of international movement (short-term visits and relocation) for researchers around the world.

Sep 17, 2018

Gordon R. McInroy, Catherine A. Lichten, Becky Ioppolo, Sarah Parks, Susan Guthrie
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Impact of ammonia emissions from agriculture on biodiversity: An evidence synthesis

Ammonia emissions in the UK have been rising since 2013, with the main source being agriculture. The impacts on biodiversity are significant and together with the costs to human health could be equivalent to over £700m per year in the UK by 2020.

Sep 16, 2018

Susan Guthrie, Sarah Giles, Fay Dunkerley, Hadeel Tabaqchali, Amelia Harshfield, Becky Ioppolo, Catriona Manville
Dissertation

Dissertation

Harmonizing Discretionary Policy Choice with Fiscal Rule Making: Mexico after Fiscal and Energy Sector Reforms

Studies the long-term effectiveness and vulnerability of a diverse set of fiscal policies, which propose lump-sum transfers and different consumption tax exemptions.

Sep 14, 2018

Eduardo Marquez Pena
Journal Article

Documented Pain Diagnoses in Adults Prescribed Opioids: Results From the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2006-2015

Twenty-nine percent of opioid prescriptions in the US between 2006 and 2015 were written without an accompanying pain diagnosis.

Sep 14, 2018

Tisamarie Bose Sherry, Adrienne Sabety, Nicole Maestas
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Report

Evaluation of the Second Phase of the Q Initiative 2016–2020: Interim Report

Q is an initiative is led by the Health Foundation to connect people working in quality improvement across the UK healthcare system. This is the interim report of RAND Europe's independent evaluation of the Q initiative from 2016 to 2020.

Sep 14, 2018

Tom Ling, Katherine Stewart, Bryn Garrod, Lucy Hocking, Jennifer Newbould, Cloé Gendronneau
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Independent evaluation of the Q Improvement Lab: Final Report

RAND Europe led a formative evaluation to understand if the Q Improvement Lab is likely to become an effective, valuable way of developing ideas or interventions to support positive change at multiple levels of the health and care system.

Sep 14, 2018

Elisa Liberati, Megan Sim, Jack Pollard, Tom Ling

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