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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and Implications for the Structure of Wages
We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of wage inequality.
Apr 27, 2023
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till von Wachter, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Journal Article
Vaccinations Against COVID-19 May Have Averted Up To 140,000 Deaths In The United States
As of May 9, 2021, reductions in COVID-19 deaths associated with vaccines had translated to value of statistical life benefit ranging between $625 billion and $1.4 trillion.
Apr 27, 2023
Sumedha Gupta, Jonathan H. Cantor, Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Ana I. Bento, Coady Wing, Christopher M. Whaley
Journal Article
Martin Y. Iguchi (1955-2021)
This article memorializes Martin Y. Iguchi (1955-2021). Dr. Iguchi was a pioneering clinical scientist and lifelong champion of equity and racial justice and he died after a lengthy illness on June 5, 2021.
Apr 27, 2023
Leo Beletsky, Katie McCreedy, Beau Kilmer, Ricky N. Bluthenthal, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, Rosanna Smart
Journal Article
Veteran Knowledge, Perceptions, and Receipt of Care Following Visits to VA Emergency Departments for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Using explanatory sequential mixed methods, we interviewed Veterans with follow-up care needs after ACSC-related ED visits, and manually reviewed ED notes, abstracting interviewees' documented follow-up needs and care received.
Apr 27, 2023
Kristina M. Cordasco, Alicia R. Gable, Gracielle J. Tan, Anita H. Yuan, Kathleen Yip, Mana Khafaf, Ron D. Hays, Jessica P. Faiz, Neetu Chawla, David A. Ganz
Journal Article
Changes in Breastfeeding and Lactation Support Experiences During COVID
RAND researchers surveyed parents who gave birth from 2019 to 2021 to examine changes in breastfeeding experiences and professional and lay breastfeeding support services due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Apr 27, 2023
Maria DeYoreo, Kandice A. Kapinos, Rebecca Ann Lawrence, Gabriela Alvarado, Molly Waymouth, Jill R. Demirci, Lori Uscher-Pines
Report
The societal and indirect economic burden of seasonal influenza in the United Kingdom
Societal burden of seasonal influenza, impact on workforce productivity and provision of UK NHS services, indirect economic costs (non-medical) due to labour-productivity losses.
Apr 27, 2023
Robert J. Romanelli, Mark Cabling, Zuzanna Marciniak-Nuqui, Sonja Marjanovic, Stephen Morris, Eliane Dufresne, Erez Yerushalmi
Report
Assessing Security Risk in a New Normal: Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Personal and Work Behaviors
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on a variety of behaviors considered during personnel investigations. The authors suggest ways to adjust the baseline of risk considerations for better identification of risky behavior.
Apr 26, 2023
Douglas Yeung, Sarah Zelazny, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Sina Beaghley
Report
Characterizing the Uncrewed Systems Industrial Base
The Department of Defense has hypothesized that future demand for uncrewed systems (UxS) will strain the capacity of the defense industrial base (DIB). This report contains an analysis of UxS demand and recommendations on strengthening the DIB.
Apr 26, 2023
Bradley Wilson, Ellen M. Pint, Elizabeth Hastings Roer, Emily Ellinger, Fabian Villalobos, Mark Stalczynski, Jonathan L. Brosmer, Annie Brothers, Elliott Grant
Report
Army Full-Time Support Processes: Considerations for Enhancing Common Understanding, Transparency, and Unity of Purpose
The Full-Time Support program's purpose is often misunderstood or mischaracterized in terms of how it relates to strategic guidance. The Army should work on developing a more productive and useful way of thinking about and assessing this program.
Apr 26, 2023
Michael E. Linick, Joshua Klimas
Report
Teachers' Perceptions of Coherence in K–12 English Language Arts and Mathematics Instructional Systems
RAND researchers interviewed a sample of members of the American Teacher Panel who responded to the spring 2022 Coherent Instructional Systems Survey to examine how teachers perceive and navigate coherence within their instructional systems.
Apr 25, 2023
Regena Pauketat, Elaine Lin Wang, Julia H. Kaufman, Allyson D. Gittens, Ashley Woo
Report
A History of the Strategic Implications of the Great Recession and Its Aftermath on U.S. National Defense
The authors discuss the Great Recession's reverberations, and especially the emergence of a focus on deficit reduction, on the Department of Defense as leaders worked to shift focus amid a dynamic threat environment and budgetary uncertainty.
Apr 25, 2023
Stephanie Young, Gian Gentile, Benjamin J. Sacks, Nathaniel Edenfield, Adam Givens
Report
Comparing Taliban Social Media Usage by Language: Who's Speaking and What's Being Said
Focusing on the economy, relationships with other militant groups and neighboring countries, and women's status in Afghan society, the authors examined whether Taliban social media messaging across various regional languages was similar or different.
Apr 25, 2023
Bradley M. Knopp, Jon Niewijk, Zohan Hasan Tariq, Elmo C., Jr. Wright
Journal Article
Health-led Trials: Evaluation Synthesis Report
This report summarises and synthesises the evidence from the Health-led Trials, a large scale trial of Individual Placement and Support for people with moderate to mild mental and physical health conditions in primary care.
Apr 25, 2023
Becci Newton, Rosie Gloster, Joanna Hofman
Journal Article
Changes in In-Person, Audio-Only, and Video Visits in California's Federally Qualified Health Centers, 2019-2022
The decline in audio-only visits from the early pandemic peak appears to coincide with the return of in-person visits rather than growth in video visits.
Apr 25, 2023
Lori Uscher-Pines, Colleen M. McCullough, Jessica L. Sousa, Sarita D. Lee, Allison J. Ober, Diana Camacho, Kandice A. Kapinos
Report
Great-Power Competition and Conflict in the 21st Century Outside the Indo-Pacific and Europe
This report explores where the United States, China, and Russia may be competing for influence in secondary theaters; where and why competition might turn to conflict; what form that conflict might take; and implications for the United States.
Apr 25, 2023
Raphael S. Cohen, Elina Treyger, Irina A. Chindea, Christian Curriden, Kristen Gunness, Khrystyna Holynska, Marta Kepe, Kurt Klein, Ashley L. Rhoades, Nathan Vest
Report
Clinical Outcome Assessments and Digital Health Technologies Supporting Clinical Trial Endpoints in Early Parkinson's Disease: Roundtable Proceedings and Roadmap for Research
This document summarizes the proceedings of an event held to discuss challenges in clinical outcome assessment development for treatments in early Parkinson's disease and to identify priorities for the field and opportunities for collaboration.
Apr 24, 2023
Claire E. O'Hanlon, Carrie M. Farmer, Jamie Ryan, Natalie Ernecoff
Journal Article
A Randomized Trial of Letters to Encourage Prescription Monitoring Program Use and Safe Opioid Prescribing
Researchers conducted a randomized trial to assess whether letters to clinicians increased use of the state prescription monitoring programs (PMP) and decreased risky coprescribing of opioids with benzodiazepines or gabapentinoids.
Apr 20, 2023
Adam Sacarny, Tatyana Avilova, David Powell, Ian Williamson, Weston Merrick, Mireille Jacobson
Journal Article
Association Between Hospital Adoption of an Emergency Department Treatment Pathway for Opioid Use Disorder and Patient Initiation of Buprenorphine After Discharge
Researchers evaluated the association between hospitals attesting to an emergency department buprenorphine treatment Opioid Hospital Quality Improvement Program (O-HQIP) pathway and patients' subsequent initiation of buprenorphine treatment.
Apr 20, 2023
Keisha T. Solomon, Jason O'Connor, Jason B. Gibbons, Austin S. Kilaru, Kenneth A. Feder, Lingshu Xue, Brendan Saloner, Elizabeth A. Stuart, Evan S. Cole, Eric Hulsey, Zachary Meisel, Esita Patel, Julie M. Donohue
Multimedia
What Does Environmental Justice Look Like? Two Case Studies
The RAND Corporation has partnered with community organizations and activists in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and San Diego, California to show how community engagement can contribute to environmental justice for residents affected by neighborhood disinvestment.
Apr 19, 2023
Sameer M. Siddiqi, Alexandra Huttinger, Jaime Madrigano, Emily Ashenfelter, Evan Banks, Carlos Calvo Hernandez, Maria Gardner, Heather McCracken, Alyson Youngblood, Benjamin Lee Preston, Scott R. Stephenson, Linnea Warren May
Testimony
Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for the Department of Defense
Testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, on April 19, 2023.
Apr 19, 2023
Jason Matheny

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