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Economic policies are the end results of economic planning: the decisions governments make to influence the production, consumption, and sharing of wealth. RAND research has explored economic policies from the local to the international level, including their effects on international trade and foreign relations, their relation to policies focusing on public health and the environment, and their impact on economic growth and recessions.

Commentary

Unemployment Insurance and the Failure to Reform

Jan 5, 2021

Unemployment Insurance is the primary U.S. policy tool for sustaining workers during periods of high unemployment. But it has a history of being repeatedly neglected. Federal reform has been stalled for nearly 50 years.
Report

Economic Competition in the 21st Century

Jul 17, 2020

One can think of economic competition in two broad ways. The first is competition as an outcome: the ability to boost standards of living through domestic policies. The second is competition as an action, where economic policies also pursue geopolitical goals.

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Sashka Dimova

Senior Analyst
Education Ph.D. in economics, Aarhus University; M.A. in economics, Central European University; M.A. in economics, University of Vienna
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Eliane Dufresne

Research Assistant
Education M.Sc. in public policy and development, Toulouse School of Economics
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Omar Sherif Elwakil

Associate Operations Researcher
Education Ph.D. in supply chain management, University of Maryland; M.S. in international business, Univ Catholique de Louvain; B.S. in economics, University of Massachusetts
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Susan M. Gates

Director, Office of Research Quality Assurance; Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University; M.A. in Russian and Eastern European studies, Stanford University; A.B. in mathematical economics, Brown University
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Diana Gehlhaus

Adjunct Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in applied economics, Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in mathematics and economics, Bucknell University
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Victoria A. Greenfield

Research Quality Assurance Manager, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center; Senior Economist
Education B.S. in agricultural economics, Cornell University; Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley; M.S. in agricultural and resource economics, UC Berkeley
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Marco Hafner

Senior Economist; Research Leader
Education M.Sc. in economics, University of Zurich; M.Phil. in economics, University College of London
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Jakub P. Hlavka

Adjunct Policy Researcher
Education Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in international affairs, Georgetown University; B.Sc. in international trade, University of Economics, Prague
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Molly McIntosh

Associate Director, Forces and Resources Policy Center; Senior Economist
Education Ph.D. in economics, Princeton University; M.A. in economics, Princeton University; B.A. in economics, UC Berkeley
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Benjamin M. Miller

Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of California, San Diego; B.S. in economics, Purdue University
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C. Richard Neu

Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology; M.A. in economics, Harvard University; Ph.D. in economics, Harvard University
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Edmund L. Luzine

Senior Global Policy Analyst
Education MBA in finance, economics, and business public policy, University of Rochester; BS in liberal arts, Syracuse University
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Howard J. Shatz

Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education Ph.D. in public policy, Harvard University; M.I.A. in international policy analysis and management, Middle East studies, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Post-graduate study in Middle East studies, Tel Aviv University; A.B. in history, Brown University
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Carlos Villegas

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.P.P. in public policy, University of Houston; M.A. in applied economics, University of Houston; B.A. in economics, political science, University of Houston
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Ingo Vogelsang

Longterm Visitor
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Heidelberg
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Tal Wolfson

Assistant Policy Researcher; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.A. in economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; B.A. in economics and philosophy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Kandice A. Kapinos

Senior Economist
Education Ph.D. in labor economics/human resources, University of Illinois; M.S. in labor economics/human resources, University of Illinois; B.S. in business administration, University of Texas
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Moon Kim

Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education M.A. in international science and technology policy, George Washington University; B.S. in finance and economics, University of Maryland, College Park
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Patricia K. Tong

Economist
Education Ph.D. in economics, University of California, San Diego; B.A. in economics and mathematics, New York University

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