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Bittersweet: How Prices of Sugar-Rich Foods Contribute to the Diet-Related Disease Epidemic in Mexico

I provide new evidence on how price changes of nutritionally similar foods, such as those rich in sugar or fats, change obesity and diet-related diseases in the context of Mexico between 1996–2010.

Jan 13, 2022

Tadeja Gracner
Report

Adult Psychiatric Bed Capacity, Need, and Shortage Estimates in California—2021

California, much like many parts of the United States, is confronting a shortage of psychiatric beds. This report presents an evaluation of California's adult psychiatric bed need for 2021 and the coming years.

Jan 12, 2022

Ryan K. McBain, Jonathan H. Cantor, Nicole K. Eberhart, Shreya S. Huilgol, Ingrid Estrada-Darley
Report

Changes in College and Career Readiness Supports During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Comparing nationally representative response data from the 2020 and 2021 Learn Together Surveys, the authors examine how high school teachers and principals provided supports to students for postsecondary transitions before and during the pandemic.

Jan 12, 2022

Christine Mulhern, Elizabeth D. Steiner
Journal Article

A Fairness Evaluation of Automated Methods for Scoring Text Evidence Usage in Writing

We compare three types of Automated Essay Scoring models with respect to algorithmic fairness. Our results indicate that different models exhibit different types of biases, spanning students' gender, race, and socioeconomic status.

Jan 12, 2022

Diane Litman, Haoran Zhang, Richard Correnti, Lindsay Clare Matsumura, Elaine Lin Wang
Journal Article

Developing School Leaders: Findings From a Randomized Control Trial Study of the Executive Development Program and Paired Coaching

This article presents the results of two randomized control trials evaluating the impacts of the National Center on Education and the Economy's Executive Development Program and coaching on schoolwide practices and performance.

Jan 12, 2022

Benjamin K. Master, Heather L. Schwartz, Fatih Unlu, Jonathan Schweig, Louis T. Mariano, Jessie Coe, Elaine Lin Wang, Brian Phillips, Tiffany Berglund
Journal Article

Vertical Integration of Primary Care Practices with Acute Hospitals in England and Wales: Why, How and So What? Findings from a Qualitative, Rapid Evaluation

Qualitative evaluation at two locations in England and one in Wales of where acute hospitals have taken on the running of primary care medical practices.

Jan 12, 2022

Manbinder Sidhu, Jack Pollard, Jon Sussex
Report

COVID-19 and Workers' Compensation: Considerations for Policymakers

The authors examine how and why policymakers have extended workers' compensation benefits to employees who are required to work outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic and pose questions to help policymakers meet future public health crises.

Jan 11, 2022

Michael Dworsky, Bethany Saunders-Medina
Report

Iraqi Army Will to Fight: A Will-to-Fight Case Study with Lessons for Western Security Force Assistance

This is a study of Iraqi Army will to fight. It applies the RAND military will-to-fight model and assessment tool to three cases and recommends changes to U.S. security force assistance.

Jan 11, 2022

Ben Connable
Journal Article

Thinking Outside the Altruistic Box: Why We Need Other Evolutionary Theories to Explain Why Religion Is Religious

This article reviews and critiques prior explanations for the evolution of religious beliefs and suggests new hypotheses that might be more productive for understanding why religion involves beliefs in the gods and the supernatural.

Jan 11, 2022

Luke J. Matthews
Journal Article

Juggling Work and Childcare During COVID-19: How EU Member States Supported Working Families in 2020

This report outlines existing evidence about the experiences of working parents and families in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020 and reviews the policies set out by 10 selected EU member states in response to these challenges.

Jan 11, 2022

Natalie Picken, Katrin Feyerabend, Linda Kunertova, Silvia Galimberti, Elena Rosa Brown, Lillian Flemons, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Giulia Lanfredi, Konstantina Rentzou
Journal Article

'Passing', but Far from Perfect: Assessing Public Confidence in Police and Desire for Reform in Pennsylvania

This study measures public confidence in police and public support for policing practices. Findings reveal that participants expressed moderate levels of confidence in their local police, although confidence varied across racial groups.

Jan 11, 2022

Nathan E. Kruis, Richard H. Donohue, Payton Perry, Nicholas J. Rowland
Report

The Role of Education Benefits in Supporting Veterans as They Transition to Civilian Life: Veterans' Issues in Focus

There is evidence that military education benefits have a positive impact on veterans' transitions to civilian life and educational attainment, but few studies have looked at who uses them, their transition experiences, or their long-term outcomes.

Jan 10, 2022

Jennie W. Wenger, Jason M. Ward
Report

Russian Military Forecasting Translation Volume: 1999–2018

This translation volume compiles texts by Russian military experts and planners and covers key factors in Russian military forecasting that inform military planning decisions on force structure and training.

Jan 10, 2022

Clint Reach
Brochure

RAND's Impact: Year in Review 2021

The RAND Corporation's mission is to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis; this Year in Review reflects on RAND's achievements in 2021.

Jan 7, 2022

Michael D. Rich
Journal Article

Value of Family Involvement in Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Aligning Clinical and Financing Priorities

Family support has important impacts on recovery from substance use disorders (SUDs). This paper illustrates how financing gaps limit SUD service systems from offering family services. We offer two sets of recommendations for funding family involvement in SUD services.

Jan 7, 2022

Alex R. Dopp, Jennifer K. Manuel, Joshua Breslau, Barbara Lodge, Brian Hurley, Courtney Ann Kase, Karen Chan Osilla
Journal Article

Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Feasibility Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

This feasibility study protocol describes our plans to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based and consultative training for Children's Advocacy Center Victim Advocates to enhance early engagement in evidence-based youth mental health services.

Jan 7, 2022

Erin Audrey Taylor, Alex R. Dopp, Kaitlin Lounsbury, Yutian Thompson, Michelle Miller, Ashley Jorgensen, Jane Frances Silovsky
Journal Article

Coordination of Sustainable Financing for Evidence-Based Youth Mental Health Treatments: Protocol for Development and Evaluation of the Fiscal Mapping Process

This protocol describes a mixed-methods research project designed to (1) develop and (2) evaluate a novel Fiscal Mapping Process that guides strategic planning efforts to finance the sustainment of evidence-based treatments in youth mental health services.

Jan 7, 2022

Alex R. Dopp, Marylou Gilbert, Jane Frances Silovsky, Jeanne S. Ringel, Susan R. Schmidt, Beverly W. Funderburk, Ashley Jorgensen, Byron J. Powell, Douglas A. Luke, David Mandell, Daniel L. Edwards, Mellicent Blythe, Dana Hagele
Journal Article

Nuclear-Use Cases for Contemplating Crisis and Conflict on the Korean Peninsula

The paper sketches diverse scenarios brandishing or using nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula, scenarios motivated by a logic of possibilities and supplemented by human considerations such as desperation.

Jan 7, 2022

Paul K. Davis, Bruce W. Bennett
Report

How Different Sampling Methods Paint Vastly Different Pictures of Recidivism, and Why It Matters for Policy

In this paper, the authors argue that the recidivism statistics cited most often in debates about the collateral consequences of conviction overrepresent the behaviors of frequent recidivists and so are not appropriate evidence in those debates.

Jan 6, 2022

Nidhi Kalra, Brian G. Vegetabile, Shawn D. Bushway, Greg Baumann
Report

Providing Another Chance: Resetting Recidivism Risk in Criminal Background Checks

The authors propose the reset principle that anchors assessments of recidivism risk at the time of a background check rather than the time of conviction, as current methods derived from the criminal justice context do.

Jan 6, 2022

Shawn D. Bushway, Brian G. Vegetabile, Nidhi Kalra, Lee Remi, Greg Baumann

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