All Pardee RAND students complete a policy-relevant dissertation aimed at tackling the most pressing policy issues facing the world. Many Pardee RAND dissertations are partially- or fully-funded through endowed dissertation awards and other prizes.
Dissertations by Date
1995
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Potential Energy: Emergent Emigration of Highly Qualified Manpower from the Former Soviet Union January 1, 1995
Examines emigration of scientists and engineers from the former USSR; discusses their characteristics and how they have fared in their new countries.
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The Unwilling State: Exploring Kazakhstan's Resistance to Economic Autonomy in the Post-Soviet Period January 1, 1995
This dissertation explores the alternatives available to Kazakhstan as it chooses between participation in an economically integrated arrangement with other former republics and charting a more autonomous path.
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Who Stays, Who Leaves? An Analysis of First-Term Army Attrition January 1, 1995
Over one quarter of first-term Army accessions do not complete their enlistment term, despite being contractually obligated to do so.
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Capital Accumulation, Financial Reform, and Investment Planning in Russia: What Is To Be Done About the Banks? January 1, 1995
This research examines the recent performance of the Russian banking system in terms of the historical and institutional legacy of the old Soviet regime, and proposes some basic reforms to the current system.
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Will Measuring the Quality of Antenatal Care Tell Us How It Works? January 1, 1995
This study examines prenatal care to determine which elements improve birth outcomes.
1994
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Demand for Episodes of Care in the China Health Insurance Experiment January 1, 1994
The China Health Insurance Experiment (CHIE) was designed to test insurance as an alternative for health care financing in rural China.
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Diagnostic Assessment and Treatment Service Utilization Among Alzheimer's Disease Clients in California January 1, 1994
Determines the significant client, caregiver, and societal characteristics associated with health and social service utilization one year after service recommendation.
1993
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Are Overseas Bases Worth the Bucks? An Approach to Assessing Operational Value and an Application to the Philippines January 1, 1993
In order to maintain a military presence in many parts of the world the United States relies on access to foreign bases.
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Air Transport Systems: A Comparison of Alternatives and a Methodology for Contextual Analysis January 1, 1993
This dissertation examines military airlift capacity provided by 18 alternative airlift concepts in 11 representative cases. Each concept is evaluated for its development risks and its performance over thirty days of delivering cargo.
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The Gemfibrozil Cost-Benefit Model: Analysis of Data from the Helsinki Heart Study Model Development and Extension to the California Medicaid Population January 1, 1993
In this research the author develops a logistic regression model based on data from the Helsinki Heart Study (HHS) to estimate the five-year probability of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in persons with various risk factors.
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Prospects for the French Fighter Industry in a Post-Cold War Environment: Is the Future More Than a Mirage? January 1, 1993
This report sheds new light on the prospects for the French fighter industry.
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Posthospital Care for Vulnerable Elderly: Are Discharge Patterns Equitable? January 1, 1993
This dissertation examines the factors associated with use of Medicare Part A posthospital services (skilled nursing facility, home health care, and inpatient rehabilitation) and compares both use and outcomes.
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Use of Mental Health and Social Support Services by People with AIDS January 1, 1993
This study focuses on the provision and use of mental health care and a variety of support services by people with AIDS (PWAs).
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Effects of Competition of Dialysis Facility Service Levels and Patient Selection January 1, 1993
This research examines the competitiveness of hemodialysis markets and investigates how market competition is related to dialysis provider strategies for service levels and patient selection, and to patient outcomes.
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Crew Ratio Implications for 24-Hour War Fighting January 1, 1993
This report describes the contents and findings of a military manpower policy study prompted by the around-the-clock warfighting tempo experienced by the U.S. forces on Operation Desert Storm in Iraq and Kuwait in 1991.
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Adaptive Battlefield Ammunition Distribution: The Role of Systematic Adaptation in Dynamic Environments January 1, 1993
It is widely accepted that logistics performance affects combat capability, and as a consequence, affects the effectiveness of military operations.
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Snow Job? The Efficacy of Source Country Cocaine Policies January 1, 1993
This dissertation presents a dynamic economic model of the cocaine industry and source country drug control policies