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Essay
How New York City Can Make Housing More Affordable
With few vacancies, rents in New York City have become some of the most unaffordable in the world. People with subsidized housing vouchers often have nowhere to go to use them. Housing production is a critical part of any solution to housing affordability—in New York and elsewhere.
Nov 10, 2023
Periodical
RAND Review: November-December 2023
Features explore the use of psychedelics to address depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders among veterans, and the prevalence of food insecurity among active-duty military families and veterans.
Nov 9, 2023
Journal Article
Multi-dimensional Profiles of Risk and Their Association with Obesity-Severity in Low-Income Black Women
Multi-level strategies may support low-income Black women’s resilience to obesity who face neighborhood-level and socioeconomic stressors.
Nov 6, 2023
Journal Article
Students' Consumption of High and Low Nutrition Foods and Reduced Plate Waste by Schools' Wellness-Related Policies and Garden Program Participation
Participation in school-based programs that may support children's nutritious dietary behaviours varies across schools. We examined school participation in wellness-related policies, school-based garden programs and students' dietary behaviours.
Nov 6, 2023
Journal Article
Examining the Effects of Perceptions of Police Effectiveness, Procedural Justice, and Legitimacy on Racial Differences in Anticipated Cooperation With Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania
This study used data from a representative sample of PA residents to measure public perceptions of police. The authors examined racial differences in these perceptions and whether normative or instrumental assessments can explain these differences.
Oct 27, 2023
Journal Article
Longitudinal Associations Between Sleep and BMI in a Low-Income, Predominantly Black American Sample
This study provides further evidence that, among a sample of low-income Black adults, sleep problems are not longitudinally predictive of BMI.
Oct 9, 2023
Commentary
The City of Pittsburgh's a Movie Star
Pennsylvania lawmakers and other stakeholders should consider updates to the film tax credit law and economic development strategy to improve the state's competitiveness, enhance the stability of the industry, and fill gaps in the current workforce.
Oct 5, 2023
Tool
Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Summer 2023
This climate summary aims to inform Mid-Atlantic policymakers and practitioners about weather patterns for summer 2023, regional climate trends, and the upcoming fall season.
Oct 3, 2023
Multimedia
Supporting More-Effective Stormwater Management in the Mid-Atlantic Region
RAND researchers Krista Romita Grocholski and Michelle Miro present key information needs for stormwater practitioners in the Mid-Atlantic region and provide recommendations that would support more-effective stormwater planning, design, and management in the face of climate change.
Aug 30, 2023
Commentary
Stormwater Management in the Mid-Atlantic Region
In the Mid-Atlantic region, flooding caused by extreme precipitation has occurred nearly every season since 2018—and the problem is only getting worse. How can stormwater management agencies use information about climate change to better mitigate flood risk and damage?
Aug 30, 2023
Blog
Maui Wildires, Regulating AI, Ukraine's Civilian Resistance: RAND Weekly Recaps
This weekly recap focuses on the invisible damage of Maui’s wildfires, making the artificial intelligence supply chain safer, how Ukrainian civilians resist Russia, and more.
Aug 18, 2023
News Release
Six Strategies to Boost Affordable Housing in NY Could Aid Creation of 300,000 New Units Over a Decade
Six policies aimed boosting residential housing construction in New York City could spark the production of roughly 300,000 additional new housing units over a decade.
Aug 16, 2023
Report
How to Support Housing Affordability in New York City
The root problem behind New York City's housing affordability crisis is that housing production has not kept pace with the growing demand to live there. Six policy reforms for increasing production could lead to about 300,000 new housing units over a decade.
Aug 16, 2023
Blog
Private Military Contractors, China's Efforts to Imprison Tibetans, Truth Decay: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on undermining Russia's private military contractors, what nighttime lighting reveals about the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to imprison Tibetans, how Truth Decay damages national security, and more.
Aug 11, 2023
Report
The Film Industry in Pittsburgh: What's the Economic Contribution?
A Pennsylvania tax credit has attracted many film productions to Pittsburgh. What economic contribution does the film industry make to the local economy? And what are the factors that help attract film productions and grow the film industry in a given area?
Aug 10, 2023
Journal Article
Do the Joneses Help You Keep Up? A Natural Experiment in Exposure to Nonpoor Neighbors
We interviewed 453 public housing residents about their social networks. Adults who lived in scattered public housing vs. clustered reported a lower proportion of low-socioeconomic status social ties and neighbors in their social networks.
Jul 13, 2023
Journal Article
Changes in Nursing Home Use Following Medicaid-Supported Expanded Access to Home- and Community-Based Services for Older Adults With Dementia
New York State's Medicaid managed long-term care (MLTC) program expanded access to home- and community-based services. This cohort study evaluated changes in nursing home use among older adults with dementia following MLTC implementation.
Jul 11, 2023
Blog
Taiwan, Gun Violence, Fishing in the Arctic: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the potential for a Chinese attack on Taiwan, America's persistent gun violence problem, managing Arctic fisheries, and more.
Jul 7, 2023
Research Brief
The Impact of Defense Counsel at Bail Hearings
Roughly half of U.S. counties do not provide defense counsel at bail hearings. An experiment shows that providing counsel can decrease the use of monetary bail and pretrial detention. But having a public defender at the bail hearing did result in a short-term increase in rearrests on theft charges.
Jun 30, 2023
Tool
Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Spring 2023
This climate summary aims to inform Mid-Atlantic policymakers and practitioners about weather patterns for spring 2023, regional climate trends, and the upcoming summer season.
Jun 29, 2023

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Melanie A. Zaber

Economist

Melanie Zaber (she/her) is an economist at RAND, codirector of the Middle-Class Pathways Center, and a professor of policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She has diverse research interests spanning workforce development, postsecondary education, gender equity, and access to civil…
Linnea Warren May

Associate Policy Researcher

Linnea Warren May (she/her) is an associate policy researcher at the RAND Corporation with expertise at the nexus of health, social equity, environment, and infrastructure. She has over ten years of experience applying qualitative, mixed-methods, and community-engaged approaches to policy…

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