Pardee RAND Dissertations

Pardee RAND dissertations are produced by graduate fellows of the Pardee RAND Graduate School, the world's leading producer of Ph.D.'s in policy analysis. The dissertations are supervised, reviewed, and approved by a Pardee RAND faculty committee overseeing each dissertation.

2009

The Effect of Knowledge Management Systems on Organizational Performance: Do Soldier and Unit Counterinsurgency Knowledge and Performance Improve Following "Push" or "Adaptive-Push" Training? June 24, 2009

S. Jamie Gayton
Preserving Health among Vulnerable Populations: Three Essays June 23, 2009

Xiaohui Zhuo
Selection, Wear, and Tear: The Health of Hispanics and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States June 22, 2009

Ricardo Basurto-Davila
Retirement Decisions of Women and Men in Response to Their Own and Spousal Health April 29, 2009

Serhii Ilchuk
Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Access Effects, Diffusion Process, and Health Effects of New Drugs April 29, 2009

Ze Cong
Financial Resources, Living Arrangements, and Private Transfers April 27, 2009

Qiufei Ma
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs April 22, 2009

Jennifer S. Wong

2008

The Place We Live, the Health We Have: A Multi-Level, Life Course Perspective on the Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Poverty on Health and Racial Health Disparities October 27, 2008

D. Phuong Do
Economic Determinants of Obesity Among Older Americans October 14, 2008

Yuhui Zheng
Improving Cost-Effectiveness and Mitigating Risks of Renewable Energy Requirements October 13, 2008

James Griffin
Adolescent Mothers Involved in the Child Welfare System in Los Angeles: Who are They and How Can We Help Them? October 13, 2008

Jane McClure Burstain
The Effect of Personnel Stability on Organizational Performance: Do Battalions with Stable Command Groups Achieve Higher Training Proficiency at the National Training Center? September 26, 2008

Jeffrey Peterson
Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel September 12, 2008

Bogdan Savych
Considering a Cadre Augmented Army July 20, 2008

Christopher Ordowich
Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India June 13, 2008

Arkadipta Ghosh
Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links Between Economics and Epidemiology June 02, 2008

Arindam Dutta
An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating and Support Costs for Air Force Aircraft April 10, 2008

Eric J. Unger
Essays on Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors and Outcomes March 17, 2008

Khoa Dang Truong
Hazard Abatement as a Function of Firm Size: The Effects of Internal Firm Characteristics and External Incentives March 02, 2008

Robert H. Sims

2007

The Role of Public and Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States September 19, 2007

Nishal Ray Ramphal
Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries September 03, 2007

Anga R. Timilsina
Improving Decision-making Systems for Decentralized Primary Education Delivery in Pakistan August 21, 2007

Mohammed Rehan Malik
A Good Start in Life: Revisiting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes At and After Birth August 21, 2007

Sai Ma
Developing a Safety Net for Ukraine August 19, 2007

Oleksandr Rohozynsky
From the Outside In: Shaping the International Criminal Court August 14, 2007

Brian Rosen
Accelerating the Adoption of Clinical IT Among the Healthcare Providers in US: Strategies & Policies June 18, 2007

Katya Fonkych
Private Firms Working in the Public Interest: Is the Financial Statement Audit Broken? June 17, 2007

Abigail Bugbee Brown
Overcoming the ''Resource Curse'': Prioritizing Policy Interventions in Countries with Large Extractive Industries June 14, 2007

Amber Linea Moreen
Carry That Weight: Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities June 04, 2007

Katia Vlachos-Dengler
Confronting the Challenges of Student Engagement: A Case Study of a School-Based Intervention June 04, 2007

Hilary J. Rhodes
Agrarian Households in Semi-Arid Tropics: Evaluating Policy Options May 24, 2007

Arnab Mukherji
Robust Decisions and Deep Uncertainty: An Application of Real Options to Public and Private Investment in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies February 27, 2007

Sergej Mahnovski
Navigating the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard Countries February 20, 2007

Julius Gatune
RFID in the Retail Sector: A Methodology for Analysis of Policy Proposals and Their Implications for Privacy, Economic Efficiency and Security February 16, 2007

Gordon Bitko
Balancing Two Lives: The Relationship of Activation, Pay, and Retention Among U.S. Air Force Reserve Pilots January 31, 2007

Brian E.A. Maue
Incorporating Traffic Enforcement Racial Profiling Analyses into Police Department Early Intervention Systems January 26, 2007

Brent D. Fulton

2006

An International Comparison of Obesity in Older Adults: Effects and Risk Factors November 16, 2006

Tatiana Andreyeva
Aircraft Modifications: Assessing the Current State of Air Force Aircraft Modifications and the Implications for Future Military Capability November 01, 2006

Owen J. Hill
Assessing the Effects of Parental Decisions About School Type and Involvement on Early Elementary Education October 31, 2006

Maria Teresa V. Taningco
Caring for Depression and Comorbid Pain: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey and the Healthcare for Communities Survey October 19, 2006

Haijun Tian
Governance and Foreign Aid Allocation September 21, 2006

Kamiljon T. Akramov
Multi-Attribute Strategy and Performance Architectures in R&D: The Case of The Balanced Scorecard September 11, 2006

Athar Osama
Ignoring the Innocent: Non-combatants in Urban Operations and in Military Models and Simulations August 10, 2006

Yuna Huh Wong
Discrimination and Health Care Utilization May 16, 2006

Janice C. Blanchard
Police Effectiveness: Measurement and Incentives May 16, 2006

Ben A. Vollaard
Exploratory Modeling and Adaptive Strategies for Investment in Standard Services to Facilitate Public Service Networks May 10, 2006

Sungho Lee
New Methods for Identifying Robust Long-Term Water Resources Management Strategies for California January 30, 2006

David G. Groves

2005

The Cost and Health Effects of Prescription Drug Coverage and Utilization in the Medicare Population November 18, 2005

Baoping Shang
Zeroing In: A Capabilities-based Alternative to Precision Guided Munitions Planning November 09, 2005

Sam Loeb
The Costs of Aging Aircraft: Insights from Commercial Aviation November 07, 2005

Matthew C. Dixon

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Pardee RAND Dissertations

2009

The Effect of Knowledge Management Systems on Organizational Performance: Do Soldier and Unit Counterinsurgency Knowledge and Performance Improve Following "Push" or "Adaptive-Push" Training? June 24, 2009

Preserving Health among Vulnerable Populations: Three Essays June 23, 2009

Selection, Wear, and Tear: The Health of Hispanics and Hispanic Immigrants in the United States June 22, 2009

Retirement Decisions of Women and Men in Response to Their Own and Spousal Health April 29, 2009

Value of Pharmaceutical Innovation: The Access Effects, Diffusion Process, and Health Effects of New Drugs April 29, 2009

Financial Resources, Living Arrangements, and Private Transfers April 27, 2009

No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs April 22, 2009

2008

The Place We Live, the Health We Have: A Multi-Level, Life Course Perspective on the Effects of Residential Segregation and Neighborhood Poverty on Health and Racial Health Disparities October 27, 2008

Economic Determinants of Obesity Among Older Americans October 14, 2008

Improving Cost-Effectiveness and Mitigating Risks of Renewable Energy Requirements October 13, 2008

Adolescent Mothers Involved in the Child Welfare System in Los Angeles: Who are They and How Can We Help Them? October 13, 2008

The Effect of Personnel Stability on Organizational Performance: Do Battalions with Stable Command Groups Achieve Higher Training Proficiency at the National Training Center? September 26, 2008

Effects of Deployments on Spouses of Military Personnel September 12, 2008

Considering a Cadre Augmented Army July 20, 2008

Life, Livelihood, and Long Term Well-being: The Effect of Mortality Risks and Land Reforms on Human Capital Investments in India June 13, 2008

Three Papers in International Health Policy: Modeling the Links Between Economics and Epidemiology June 02, 2008

An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating and Support Costs for Air Force Aircraft April 10, 2008

Essays on Environmental Determinants of Health Behaviors and Outcomes March 17, 2008

Hazard Abatement as a Function of Firm Size: The Effects of Internal Firm Characteristics and External Incentives March 02, 2008

2007

The Role of Public and Private Litigation in the Enforcement of Securities Laws in the United States September 19, 2007

Getting the Policies Right: The Prioritization and Sequencing of Policies in Post-Conflict Countries September 03, 2007

Improving Decision-making Systems for Decentralized Primary Education Delivery in Pakistan August 21, 2007

A Good Start in Life: Revisiting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes At and After Birth August 21, 2007

Developing a Safety Net for Ukraine August 19, 2007

From the Outside In: Shaping the International Criminal Court August 14, 2007

Accelerating the Adoption of Clinical IT Among the Healthcare Providers in US: Strategies & Policies June 18, 2007

Private Firms Working in the Public Interest: Is the Financial Statement Audit Broken? June 17, 2007

Overcoming the ''Resource Curse'': Prioritizing Policy Interventions in Countries with Large Extractive Industries June 14, 2007

Carry That Weight: Improving European Strategic Airlift Capabilities June 04, 2007

Confronting the Challenges of Student Engagement: A Case Study of a School-Based Intervention June 04, 2007

Agrarian Households in Semi-Arid Tropics: Evaluating Policy Options May 24, 2007

Robust Decisions and Deep Uncertainty: An Application of Real Options to Public and Private Investment in Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies February 27, 2007

Navigating the Information Revolution: Choices for Laggard Countries February 20, 2007

RFID in the Retail Sector: A Methodology for Analysis of Policy Proposals and Their Implications for Privacy, Economic Efficiency and Security February 16, 2007

Balancing Two Lives: The Relationship of Activation, Pay, and Retention Among U.S. Air Force Reserve Pilots January 31, 2007

Incorporating Traffic Enforcement Racial Profiling Analyses into Police Department Early Intervention Systems January 26, 2007

2006

An International Comparison of Obesity in Older Adults: Effects and Risk Factors November 16, 2006

Aircraft Modifications: Assessing the Current State of Air Force Aircraft Modifications and the Implications for Future Military Capability November 01, 2006

Assessing the Effects of Parental Decisions About School Type and Involvement on Early Elementary Education October 31, 2006

Caring for Depression and Comorbid Pain: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey and the Healthcare for Communities Survey October 19, 2006

Governance and Foreign Aid Allocation September 21, 2006

Multi-Attribute Strategy and Performance Architectures in R&D: The Case of The Balanced Scorecard September 11, 2006

Ignoring the Innocent: Non-combatants in Urban Operations and in Military Models and Simulations August 10, 2006

Discrimination and Health Care Utilization May 16, 2006

Police Effectiveness: Measurement and Incentives May 16, 2006

Exploratory Modeling and Adaptive Strategies for Investment in Standard Services to Facilitate Public Service Networks May 10, 2006

New Methods for Identifying Robust Long-Term Water Resources Management Strategies for California January 30, 2006

2005

The Cost and Health Effects of Prescription Drug Coverage and Utilization in the Medicare Population November 18, 2005

Zeroing In: A Capabilities-based Alternative to Precision Guided Munitions Planning November 09, 2005

The Costs of Aging Aircraft: Insights from Commercial Aviation November 07, 2005