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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Assistant Policy Researcher; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Q&A
Oct 25, 2022
Report
May 13, 2024
Most relevant regions
News Release
Over the 20 years that same-sex couples have been able to marry in the United States, there have been no negative effects on marriage, divorce or cohabitation among different-sex couples.
Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this report provides an evidence review and new analyses of the effects of granting legal status to marriages of same-sex couples in the United States.
Research Brief
Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this brief describes the effects of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in the United States on LGBT individuals and their children.
Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this brief describes the effects of legalizing marriage for same-sex couples in the United States on family formation among the general U.S. population.
Commentary
Jul 15, 2022
The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect much more than women's access to abortions. Abortions allowed women to escape abusive and even deadly relationships. Now that door is closing, state by state.
Visualization
Apr 7, 2022
This Lessons Map is an aid to navigating five case studies produced by RAND Europe for the Bernard van Leer Foundation on efforts to make changes at scale in the area of early childhood development.
Apr 4, 2022
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
Feb 8, 2022
Amid the debate over whether the success of the expanded child tax credit in reducing poverty is worth its large price tag, many are missing a crucial feature: It was uniquely well-designed to address the increasingly precarious economic reality that millions of Americans experience.
Journal Article
Jan 27, 2022
This European Platform for Investing in Children research note examines the medium- and long-term impact of early childhood education and care provision on education and labour market outcomes for children and parents, as well as the indicators employed for these measurements.
Jan 11, 2022
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.
Jun 22, 2021
Case study on the advocacy efforts of the National Network of Early Childhood (RNPI) in collaboration with governmental institutions to introduce a Legal Framework for Early Childhood Development in Brazil.
May 10, 2021
Case study on the work of civil society organisations to introduce a law in Peru to ban the use of physical and psychological violence towards children.
