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Journal Article

The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Private Law Enforcement: Evidence from University Police

This paper seeks new evidence on the impact of private police on crime, exploiting a unique setting, the University of Chicago Police Department, that permits a credible examination of the causal effect of police in both the short and long run.

Jun 30, 2017
Commentary

Pitfalls of Predictive Policing

The Chicago Police Department's predictive policing program didn't work. To achieve even a 5 percent drop in the city's homicide rate, enormous leaps in both prediction and intervention effectiveness are necessary.

Oct 11, 2016
Commentary

CPD's 'Heat List' and the Dilemma of Predictive Policing

Predictive policing — the use of computer models to identify areas or people at greater risk of being involved in a serious crime — is yielding results for police. How authorities plan to respond to the data is key.

Sep 21, 2016
Report

Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: Seven Case Studies from Local and State Health Departments

This report summarizes seven case studies to highlight innovative models and best practices that leverage local health department efforts in outreach and health insurance enrollment activities tied to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Jul 8, 2016
Report

Assessing the Role of State and Local Public Health in Outreach and Enrollment for Expanded Coverage: A Case Study on Illinois

Part of a series highlighting innovative models and best practices for local health departments' involvement in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment, this brief reports on a case study on Illinois.

Jul 8, 2016
Commentary

The Hidden Costs of Pension Plan Reform

While there are many policy options that may decrease pension liabilities for Chicago and cities and states in similar situations, some options being considered may also have serious consequences for the public sector workforce, now and in the future.

May 18, 2016
Research Brief

How Different Pension Policies Can Impact Teacher Retention

A dynamic retention model can help policymakers concerned with mounting pension costs estimate and analyze the relationship between different retirement benefit policies and retention over the career of Chicago public school teachers.

May 2, 2016
Report

Retirement Benefits and Teacher Retention

There is little capacity to predict how recent pension reforms and changes to teacher compensation will affect teacher turnover and teacher experience mix—and in turn—potentially impact the cost and efficacy of the public education system. Research using a structural modeling approach may begin to fill that gap.

May 2, 2016
Report

Managing Water Quality in the Face of Uncertainty

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with state and local partners, develops and implements water quality plans. But uncertainty about the impacts of climate change and other factors may make it harder to meet water quality goals. Robust Decision Making can help better manage this uncertainty.

Sep 9, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Academic Impact of Enrollment in International Baccalaureate Diploma Programs: A Case Study of Chicago Public Schools

In schools accredited as IB World Schools by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), teachers use IB curriculum and pedagogy to teach a range of courses that are intended to prepare IB-enrolled students for college.

Apr 1, 2014
Journal Article

Journal Article

Consider the Evidence

One of the best ways to increase student learning is to simultaneously increase the time spent on learning and the quality of instruction.

Sep 11, 2012
News Release

News Release

Links Between Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts, Tort Cases Examined

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

Aug 18, 2011
Report

Report

Links Between Asbestos Bankruptcy Trusts, Tort Cases Examined

Asbestos bankruptcy trusts—created to compensate people injured by the mineral—may be influencing tort cases. The current way that the trusts and the tort cases are linked together may result in payments that are not consistent with the basic principles of the tort liability system.

Aug 18, 2011
Research Brief

Research Brief

Bankruptcy Trusts, Asbestos Compensation, and the Courts

People with asbestos injuries are increasingly receiving compensation from trusts set up by bankrupt asbestos defendants. This brief documents how courts handling these cases consider trust payments when determining compensation.

Aug 18, 2011
News Release

News Release

How National Health Reform Will Affect a Variety of States

A series of new reports by the RAND Corporation outlines the impact that national health care reform will have on individual states, estimating the increased costs and coverage that are expected in five diverse states once reform is fully implemented in 2016.

Apr 5, 2011
News Release

News Release

Health Reform Will Add Coverage for 1.3 Million in Illinois; State Health Spending to Grow by 10 Percent

National health care reform will help 1.3 million Illinois residents obtain health insurance and increase health care spending by state government by about 10 percent when it is fully implemented in 2016.

Apr 5, 2011
Research Brief

Research Brief

How Will Health Care Reform Affect Costs and Coverage? Examples from Five States

Projects how the coverage-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect health insurance coverage and state government spending on health care in five states.

Apr 1, 2011
Report

Report

The Impact of the Coverage-Related Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Insurance Coverage and State Health Care Expenditures in Illinois: An Analysis from RAND COMPARE

Projects how the coverage-related provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect health insurance coverage and state government spending on health care in Illinois through 2020.

Apr 1, 2011
News Release

News Release

Coordination Efforts Could Boost After-School Programming

Coordinating the work of the many different institutions involved in after-school activities -- including schools, nonprofits and municipal agencies like parks and libraries -- holds the promise of making programs better and more accessible to urban children and teens who need them.

Oct 20, 2010
Research Brief

Research Brief

Hours of Opportunity: How Cities Can Use Data to Improve Services in Out-of-School Time Programs

Five cities that received a grant from The Wallace Foundation, along with three other cities that were not part of the initiative, were successful in using data from management information systems to improve out-of-school-time programs.

Oct 19, 2010

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