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.
Evaluates the effect of experience mix on unit size and considers how the Air Force can adapt to the demands imposed on individual work units as the mix changes.
Many arts firms are experiencing increasing costs relative to their revenues. This dissertation argues that demand management, if properly defined and pursued, represents at least a partial solution to this problem.
Studies of civil jury verdicts have become a prominent part of the research agenda regarding the civil justice system.
This dissertation tracks the emergence, protest and influence of public interest groups during the Soviet Union's transition period, 1987 through 1991.
This report sheds new light on the prospects for the French fighter industry.
This study addresses the relationship between democracy and the new communication media by applying theory and data analysis. The author concludes that one cannot reject a hypothesis that democracy and networked communication are positively correlated.
This report explores issues involved in higher education admissions processes.
This dissertation addresses the role of casualties in public support for and attitudes toward such military interventions.
This study simulates the economic incidence of an employer health insurance mandate on the earnings of workers.
Analyzes linkages between marketization and democracy in East Asia using an econometric model and four comparative historical country studies.
The continual increase of foreign-born among youth raises issues concerning the particular school-to-work paths immigrants follow as well as the different constraints and trade-offs immigrants face.
An ammunition system capable of providing limited and rapid resupply of munitions is particularly important for future U.S. Army operations. This study analyzes alterative processes and associated policies for providing this capability.
This report assesses the relationship between the use and frequency of use of Army quality of life programs and Army career intentions, using individual-level data from a 1987 RAND study on Army families and soldier readiness.
This research explores the federal, state, and local mechanisms by which public education is supported in California and examines how those resources are used by local school districts.
This research examines outcome measures of the U.S. Military Health Services System.
This research was undertaken to determine whether and to what extent innovation and financial benefits result from corporate participation in cooperative R&D alliances.
Examines emigration of scientists and engineers from the former USSR; discusses their characteristics and how they have fared in their new countries.
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.
Over one quarter of first-term Army accessions do not complete their enlistment term, despite being contractually obligated to do so.
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.
This study examines prenatal care to determine which elements improve birth outcomes.
The China Health Insurance Experiment (CHIE) was designed to test insurance as an alternative for health care financing in rural China.
Determines the significant client, caregiver, and societal characteristics associated with health and social service utilization one year after service recommendation.
In order to maintain a military presence in many parts of the world the United States relies on access to foreign bases.
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.
