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Commentary
Jan 19, 2023
Jul 24, 2023
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Report
Sep 25, 2024
This report details RAND's collaboration with SPARK to refine the Jobs Programme's M&E system in Turkey and Jordan. It includes tailored KPIs, capacity-building recommendations and strategies for innovative data collection.
Project
RAND Europe is working with SPARK, a Dutch NGO, to assess the monitoring and evaluation system for the Jobs Programme.
News Release
Sep 23, 2024
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.
The authors describe the data and methodology used to develop an online tool that allows state policymakers and stakeholders to estimate the enrollment and cost implications of expanding Medicaid or Marketplace-like coverage to ineligible immigrants.
Tool
This tool allows users to view health insurance coverage by state as of September 2024 for immigrants who are ineligible for federally funded programs and to calculate the estimated enrollment and costs for covering immigrant populations.
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.
Journal Article
Sep 9, 2024
The contribution of medical mistrust to healthcare utilization delays has been gaining increasing attention. This study assesses how medical mistrust affects prostate cancer screening behavior among groups of Black men.
Jun 5, 2024
Using sources such as census, population registers and social media, this paper develops a statistical model that integrates data on EU migrant stocks to provide estimates and predict shifts in EU mobility patterns.
Mar 19, 2024
Asylum applications are often expedited for asylum seekers from ‘safe countries of origin’. Since very little is known about national policies and applications, this study aims to provide insights in such policies from several EU Member States.
Feb 28, 2024
A holistic update to U.S. immigration laws—based on American immigration needs and the factors that are driving people to make the dangerous trek to cross the border—would be politically challenging. But it would help reduce the numbers of daily migrants and the challenges that migration poses to receiving localities.
Feb 26, 2024
While safe areas are intuitively attractive, their effectiveness depends on the resources and resolve of the implementing forces, rules of engagement, and geography.
Dec 4, 2023
There is currently no good option for protecting civilians amid the Israel-Hamas war. But the least-bad option is to keep civilians in southern Gaza—and provide protection and humanitarian assistance where they are.
