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Online Outsourcing: Prospects for Increasing Youth Employment and Reducing Poverty in Indonesia
In this Perspective, the authors review the potential benefits and drawbacks of online outsourcing, including microwork and freelancing, with special reference to its potential for youth employment and poverty reduction in Indonesia.
Feb 5, 2020
Report
Wage Loss Monitoring for Injured Workers in California's Workers' Compensation System: 2016–2017 Injury Year Findings (Third Interim Report)
The authors present new estimates of wage loss for California's injured workers in 2016-2017 and compare these estimates with trends before, during, and after the Great Recession.
Feb 5, 2020
Blog
Ink Tank: At RAND, Tattoos Sometimes Reflect the Research
Three RAND experts and one Pardee RAND student explain how their tattoos reflect their research on the problems Marines face, end-of-life care, migration-related issues, and the changing needs of the labor force.
Jan 10, 2020
Essay
Education and Employment Should Be One System, Not Two
Too many American workers aren't getting the education and training they need to compete in the 21st century. We need to revamp the entire system of educating and employing people. And that system needs to ensure equitable access to opportunities and lifelong learning.
Jan 7, 2020
Q&A
Learning Is a Lifelong Process: Q&A with V. Darleen Opfer
As vice president and director of RAND Education and Labor, V. Darleen Opfer oversees a research portfolio that ranges from early childhood education to retirement planning. In this interview, she discusses what she learned from being a teacher, the need for evidence-based practices, and the importance of lifelong learning in today's labor market.
Dec 23, 2019
Journal Article
Measuring Labour Mobility and Migration Using Big Data: Exploring the Potential of Social-Media Data for Measuring EU Mobility Flows and Stocks of EU Movers
Researchers investigated the use of social media data to offer real-time estimates that will serve as early warnings about changes in EU mobility. The team successfully used the data to apply a working model for measuring stocks of EU migrants.
Dec 12, 2019
News Release
Opening Medicare to Americans Aged 50 to 64 Would Cut Their Insurance Costs, but Drive Up Insurance Prices for Younger ...
Opening Medicare to Americans aged 50 to 64 would lower health care premiums for the group, but also drive up costs for younger people who buy health insurance on exchanges created under the federal Affordable Care Act.
Nov 18, 2019
Report
Medicare for 50-to-64-Year-Olds
Allowing Americans aged 50 to 64 to buy into Medicare would lower health care premiums for the group. But it would also drive up costs for younger people who buy health insurance on Affordable Care Act exchanges.
Nov 18, 2019
Commentary
Do Workers' Protections Need to Depend on Employee Status? Looking Beyond AB 5
As the nature of work evolves and the relationships between workers and firms become increasingly complex, it's possible that disentangling worker protections from worker classification rules will become a policy option worth further exploration.
Oct 17, 2019
Blog
Hurricane Dorian, Al Qaeda, Veterans' Health: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap looks at Hurricane Dorian recovery, al Qaeda 18 years after 9/11, veterans' mental health care, and more.
Sep 13, 2019
Dissertation
Three Essays on Minority and Immigrant Outcomes in a New Era of Immigration Enforcement: Evidence from Los Angeles
Seeks to disentangle the structural factors that affect levels of economic and social integration of minority and immigrant populations.
Sep 13, 2019
Commentary
Saving Farmworkers from Slavery-Like Conditions, Field by Field
Those at the bottom of the European agricultural supply chain are vulnerable to abuse. The same was true in the tomato fields of Florida until recently. The solution developed there may offer a roadmap for doing right by workers in Europe.
Sep 5, 2019
Blog
RAND's Summer Reading List for Congress
For busy staff, August's respite from back-to-back meetings, hearing preparation, and late votes is hard-earned. The summer recess also provides an opportunity to get ahead of issues that will resurface in the fall. To that end, we have compiled recent RAND research on topics likely to top the congressional agenda come September.
Aug 5, 2019
Commentary
Waking Up to the Costs of Nocturia
Nocturia is a troublesome lower urinary tract condition that causes people to wake up two or more times a night to empty their bladder. Researchers calculated the overall economic cost associated with nocturia in a working-age population across six countries.
Jun 18, 2019
Blog
Hong Kong, Education Reform, Baghdad: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on lessons for state education reform, retaining women in the U.S. Coast Guard, recounting the Battle for Baghdad, and more.
Jun 14, 2019
Testimony
Comparing U.S. and Chinese New and Critical Materials Capabilities
China is by far the most dominant producer of critical materials in the world. As China’s export restrictions and WTO disputes illustrate, a dominant producer can strongly affect the manufacturing sector. What actions can policymakers consider to increase U.S. resilience to supply disruptions or market distortions?
Jun 7, 2019
News Release
Graphic Warning Labels on Tobacco Packages Can Deter Some Smokers
Placing graphic anti-smoking warning labels on cigarette packages may deter some adults from purchasing tobacco products. But the strategy is unlikely to influence smokers who are most addicted to nicotine.
Apr 9, 2019
Commentary
Addressing Surprise Medical Bills Without Raising the Cost of Health Care
Patients who try to stay within their insurers' networks can be hit with surprise bills when they unknowingly receive care from out-of-network physicians. How much should a physician be paid for providing a service that is critical but rendered without the patient's ready ability to choose an in-network provider?
Apr 1, 2019
Commentary
Economic Burden or Opportunity? How Syrian Refugees Can Contribute to Local Economies
The influx of refugees escaping the war in Syria has placed an enormous economic burden on the countries that host them. Despite the challenges, host countries have an opportunity to capitalize on the presence of refugees to grow their own economies for the mutual benefit of all.
Mar 25, 2019
Journal Article
Transitions Between Informal and Formal Employment: Results from a Worker Survey in Bangladesh
We study transitions between different types of formal and informal employment using retrospective job histories from a new survey in Bangladesh.
Mar 14, 2019

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Benjamin M. Miller

Economist

Benjamin Miller is an economist at the RAND Corporation, a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and a research quality assurance manager for RAND's Social and Economic Well-Being Division.
Christian Van Stolk

Executive Vice President, RAND Europe

Christian van Stolk is executive vice president at RAND Europe. He has worked extensively on health and wellbeing in the workplace. His research in the past has focused on improving the health and wellbeing of staff in the National Health Service in the UK, maintaining and gaining employment for…

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