Published Research

Journal Article

Efforts to End a Stalemate in Landslide Insurance Availability Through Inclusive Policymaking: A Case Study in Sitka, Alaska

We explored how participatory techniques could overcome one disaster risk financing-related stalemate: the case of landslide insurance in a highly landslide-prone location, Sitka, Alaska.

Max Izenberg, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Noreen Clancy, Lisa Busch, Jacyn Schmidt, Lloyd Dixon

Journal Article

Playing Defense? Health Care in the Era of Covid

This paper presents evidence that the quality of health care interactions changed in important ways during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Edward N. Okeke

Tool

How the Effects of Racial Bias Compound

Researchers illustrate the ways in which small effects of racial bias can compound over lifetimes. Users of this tool can adjust the amount of racial bias to see its effects on educational achievement, income growth, and wealth accumulation.

James M. Anderson, Heather Gomez-Bendaña, Rachel Perera, Alyson Youngblood, Maria Gardner, Heather McCracken, Lee Floyd

Report

Intimate Partner Abuse Solution Programs: Identifying High-Priority Needs Within the Criminal Justice System for Programs Focused on Intimate Partner Violence Prevention

Despite widespread use of intimate partner abuse solution programs by court systems and communities, there remains limited information on their effectiveness. The authors convened a panel of experts to better understand the needs of these programs.

Lynn Langton, Madison Fann, Duren Banks, Michael G. Planty, Dulani Woods, Michael J. D. Vermeer, Brian A. Jackson

Report

Pathways to Russian Escalation Against NATO from the Ukraine War

The potential for Russia to escalate the ongoing war in Ukraine by attacking a U.S. or allied target is a significant concern. This Perspective identifies four potential escalation pathways and accompanying key considerations for U.S. policymakers.

Bryan Frederick, Samuel Charap, Scott Boston, Stephen J. Flanagan, Michael J. Mazarr, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Karl P. Mueller

Brochure

RAND Standards for High-Quality and Objective Research and Analysis

This brochure describes RAND's standards for high-quality and objective research.

Journal Article

Cyber Deterrence with Imperfect Attribution and Unverifiable Signaling

Examines a game of deterrence in which the defender can signal its retaliatory capability but can only imperfectly attribute an attack. We show that there are equilibria in which the defender sends noisy signals to increase its expected payoff.

Jonathan W. Welburn, Justin Grana, Karen Schwindt

Dissertation

Learning and Earning in This New Economy: A Study of Rideshare Drivers in Los Angeles

Attempts to understand how gig workers, particularly Uber and Lyft drivers, find and perceive their employment, the money they make from it, and the things they spend it on.

Benjamin Smith

Dissertation

Ovens and Tinderboxes in the Golden State: A Mixed-Methods Exploratory Analysis of Joint Heatwave Power Outage Events

Examines associations between hazards, outages, and health outcomes for California cities from 2008–2020.

Kathleen Loa

Journal Article

Assessing the Implementation of Digital Innovations in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic to Address Key Public Health Functions: Scoping Review of Academic and Nonacademic Literature

In this study, scoping reviews of academic and nonacademic literature were undertaken to obtain an overview of the evidence regarding digital innovations implemented to address key public health functions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Francombe, Gemma-Claire Ali, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Carolina Feijao, Katherine I. Morley, Salil Gunashekar, Helena de Carvalho Gomes

Journal Article

Technologies for Primary Screening in Aviation Security

The article examines technologies currently in use and emerging technologies with potential for use in the primary screening of carry-on baggage, checked baggage and air cargo.

Amado Cordova

Testimony

The Role of Assault Weapons in Mass Shooting Incidents: State of the Science

Testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 20, 2022.

Kyleanne M. Hunter

Report

Strategies for Enhancing Prehospital Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest (EPOC)

The Enhancing Prehospital Outcomes for Cardiac Arrest study sought to identify best practices to address out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events. RAND researchers developed 49 strategies covering all levels of prehospital response.

Mahshid Abir, Stephen R. Dowker, Wilson Nham, Nasma Berri, Sydney Fouche, Christopher Nelson, Jane Forman, Michael D. Fetters, Peter Mendel, Timothy Guetterman, Bill Forbush, Robert Neumar, Brahmajee Nallamothu

Journal Article

Digital Facilitation to Support Patient Access to Web-Based Primary Care Services: Scoping Literature Review

This study aimed to identify, characterize, and differentiate between different approaches to digital facilitation in primary care, establish what is known about the effectiveness of different approaches, and understand the enablers of digital facilitation.

Brandi Leach, Sarah Parkinson, Evangelos Gkousis, Gary A. Abel, Helen Atherton, John Campbell, Christopher E. Clark, Emma Cockcroft, Christine Marriott, Emma Pitchforth, Jon Sussex

Journal Article

Geographic Disparities in Rising Rates of Firearm-Related Homicide

Our study shows that the rise since 2014 in firearms homicides is concentrated in south-central and midwestern states, and in American Indian and Alaskan Natives, and Black communities, thereby exacerbating existing disparities.

Rosanna Smart, Terry L. Schell, Andrew R. Morral, Nancy Nicosia

Journal Article

Combating Coercive Control and Psychological Violence Against Women in the EU Member States

The study analyses the causes and consequences of coercive control and psychological violence against women.

Madeline Nightingale, Lillian Flemons, Michaela Bruckmayer, Emma Louise Blondes, Katrin Feyerabend, Joanna Hofman, Shann Hulme

Report

Districts Continue to Struggle with Staffing, Political Polarization, and Unfinished Instruction: Selected Findings from the Fifth American School District Panel Survey

To obtain a national picture of districts' challenges at the end of the third school year during the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors assess nationally representative survey responses from 291 district leaders who completed the American School District Panel in spring 2022.

Melissa Kay Diliberti, Heather L. Schwartz

Report

Is Los Angeles County Prepared for California's Edible Food Recovery Mandate?

A new state law requires that, by 2025, California significantly reduce organic waste and divert some edible food from going to landfills. Experts discuss findings from a RAND study into Los Angeles County's preparedness for the law.

Alina I. Palimaru, Danielle Osborne, Nancy Beyda, Mike Learakos, Jennifer King, Laura Hernandez, Kyle W. Pogue

Research Brief

The Sources of Societal Competitiveness: How Nations Actually Succeed in Long-Term Rivalries

Seven characteristics are consistently associated with national dynamism and competitive position. This brief summarizes the relationship between a nation's social condition and its global standing and applies the lessons to the United States today.

Michael J. Mazarr

Report

Systematic Method for Prioritizing Investments in Game-Changing Technologies: The Evaluation and Comparison Process Framework

This report summarizes a framework and process to characterize and compare potential game-changing technologies based on likely operational advantage, given specific technological capabilities, challenges of implementation and cost.

Richard Silberglitt, Cynthia R. Cook, Steven W. Popper, Lisa Pelled Colabella, Paul Dreyer, Eric Hastings, Alexander C. Hou, Alexis Levedahl, Edward Parker, Scott Savitz, Li Ang Zhang