Job Search on the Internet, E-Recruitment, and Labor Market Outcomes September 23, 2010
Examines the role of the Internet in the job search process and its impact on labor market outcomes.
Pardee RAND Dissertations
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
2010
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Estimation of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program Treatment Effect August 27, 2010
Examines if the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research program positively influences commercial viability and what is the most effective means of evaluating this question.
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An Analysis of Strategic Price Setting in Retail Gasoline Markets August 27, 2010
Studies price-setting behavior in the retail gasoline industry.
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Analyzing North Korea's Decision-Making Process on its Nuclear Weapons Programs with the Rational Choice and Cognitive Choice Models August 26, 2010
Analyzes North Korea's Decision-making process regarding its nuclear programs with two choice models -- Rational Choice and Cognitive Choice -- and suggest effective/adaptive/robust deterrence strategy for the ROK-US combined forces.
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Multi-perspective Strategic Decision Making: Principles, Methods, and Tools August 17, 2010
Defines methods, principles, and tools to help groups agree on multi-perspective strategic decision making.
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The Enduring Partnership? The Trans-Atlantic Community as a Natural Alliance June 14, 2010
Discusses the possibility that states which share a common constructed identity can better coordinate their international agendas.
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Extending the Working Lives of Older Workers: The Impact of Social Security Policies and Labor Market June 14, 2010
Addresses issues related to public policies that encourage the extension of working lives of the elderly in the United States.
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Education, Training, Innovation: Evidence from Transition Economies May 26, 2010
Unlike most empirical cross-country analysis of the determinants of innovation, which focus mainly on developed countries, this study analyzes the transition countries of Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
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Structures and Dynamics of Social Networks: Selection, Influence, and Self-Organization May 21, 2010
Studies the social structures and dynamics of human networks: how peers at the micro level and physical environments at the macro level interact with the individual preferences and attributes and shape social dynamics.
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Improving the Quality and Cost of Healthcare Delivery: The Potential of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology May 21, 2010
Investigates whether an upcoming class of health information technology can be used to address currently outstanding issues in the quality and cost of healthcare delivery.
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Managing New Orleans Flood Risk in an Uncertain Future Using Non-Structural Risk Mitigation April 20, 2010
Considers proposals to augment the existing flood-damage protection system in New Orleans with “nonstructural” risk mitigation programs focused on single-family homes.
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Three Essays in Transportation Energy and Environmental Policy March 31, 2010
Three essays explore the implicit private costs of improving vehicle fuel efficiencies, the private benefits and social impacts of electric vehicles, and the implications of a large-scale adoption of electric vehicles for transportation finance.
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Exploring Family, Neighborhood and School Factors in Racial Achievement Gap February 25, 2010
Examines the contribution of family, school, and neighborhood factors to the racial achievement gap in education.
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Evaluating the Impacts of School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies on Child Health January 25, 2010
Evaluates the impact of elementary school policies on child health behaviors and obesity in the United States.
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Child Care Choices of Hispanic Families: Why Aren't Families Using Center Care? January 25, 2010
Explores why Hispanic children are enrolled in preschools and early childhood centers in lesser proportions than children of other races and ethnicities.
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Family Factors and Student Outcomes January 19, 2010
Examines the effects of family process variables (specific things families do) and family status variables (who families are) on the academic achievement and nonacademic outcomes of students, both in the United States and internationally.
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Between Slogans and Solutions: A Frame-Based Assessment Methodology for Public Diplomacy January 7, 2010
Examines an assessment methodology treating public diplomacy not as a series of discrete programs, but as a coordinated system of producing USG-preferred frames emphasizing or de-emphasizing specific elements of current or future U.S. policies.
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Three Essays on Hypertension Prevention and Medical Product Safety in China and the United States January 7, 2010
Addresses hypertension prevention and medical product safety in China and the United States.
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A Vehicle for Change: PNGV, An Experiment in Government-Industry Cooperation January 1, 2010
Assesses the effectiveness of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) in improving relationships among its members.
2009
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Self-Employment among Older Workers: Assistance Programs, Liquidity Constraints and Employment Patterns October 19, 2009
Examines self-employment among older workers.
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Three Essays on Health Behaviors and the Need for New Policy October 15, 2009
Three essays, each on one emerging public health issue that calls for new policy making.
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Essays on Government Policy and Pharmaceutical Innovation September 23, 2009
Investigates two mechanisms by which governments may influence pharmaceutical research and development priorities: (1) public funding for life sciences research; and (2) prescription drug insurance, as in Medicare Part D.
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Defining and Evaluating Reliable Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing September 21, 2009
Identifies a robust set of facility locations for the Air Force to place combat support basing materiel that will cover a broad range of potential missions (e.g., training, humanitarian, and major combat operations) that may occur around the world.
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Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of AmeriCorps Service on Participants September 18, 2009
Evaluates the long-term impacts of AmeriCorps service on participants, particularly in the areas of civic engagement, future volunteerism, appreciation of diversity, and a number of other job and life skills.
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Finding Needles in a Haystack: A Resource Allocation Methodology to Design Strategies to Detect Terrorist Weapon Development August 10, 2009
Presents a methodology to design strategies for detecting terrorist weapon development and shows how it might be used to detect development of improvised explosive devices and radiological dispersal devices.