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Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. Student, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND
Project
Sep 25, 2024
RAND Europe is working with SPARK, a Dutch NGO, to assess the monitoring and evaluation system for the Jobs Programme.
Commentary
Sep 24, 2024
Throughout his presidency, Vladimir Putin has repeatedly failed to project leadership qualities in times of crisis. His relative silence on Ukraine's Kursk offensive has led to public criticism, even from supporters. This pattern of evasion undermines trust and complicates his leadership approach.
News Release
More than 14 million Americans now provide daily care to wounded, ill, or injured military service members or veterans, with the burden falling heaviest on the 26 percent who assist people aged 60 and under.
Over 40 percent of American adults are caregivers, providing unpaid assistance to those with wounds, illnesses, or injuries. To support caregivers, it's crucial to recognize their roles, address their emotional and financial challenges, and offer resources.
Report
Although Japan and the United States are in close alignment regarding their threat perceptions of the regional security environment, this report examines the assumption that Japan will accommodate any change in U.S. force posture in Japan.
Sep 23, 2024
Implementing child-access prevention laws effectively reduces youth gun violence and should be a priority for policymakers to prevent future tragedies. Holding parents culpable could deter some gun violence if it leads more parents to rethink giving their children unsupervised access to firearms.
A new online tool allows state policymakers and other stakeholders to estimate the potential cost of expanding state health insurance programs to include individuals who do not qualify solely due to immigration status, a strategy already adopted by many states as a way to extend health coverage to more people.
Journal Article
This study explored connections between gentrification and psychosocial wellbeing in residents in two Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Those in gentrified tracts experienced smaller improvements in neighborhood social cohesion and neighborhood satisfaction.
This report presents findings from a qualitative study examining state, local, and institutional policies in Virginia—one of the only remaining states in the South post-Dobbs with legal access to abortion care past 13 weeks gestational age.
At a day-long conference titled Access to Justice in California: Challenges and Policy Innovations held in Santa Monica, California, approximately 75 national and California leaders discussed approaches to reforming legal services regulation.
Q&A
Sep 20, 2024
Exactly how to think about and handle the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border and immigration more generally will certainly be among the most critical issues on the agenda when the next U.S. president is sworn in in January. To better understand the issue of border control and immigration, we spoke to two RAND experts.
This paper examined clinician responses to adverse childhood experience (ACE) screening at five California pediatric clinics in a large public health care system. Findings provide early information that ACE screening results are associated with patient care.
