Student-Authored Publications

Pardee RAND Graduate School students participate in many RAND research projects through their On-the-Job Training. These projects provide students with tremendous opportunities to publish their work in RAND reports and peer-reviewed journals. In fact, many of our students develop an impressive publications record during their tenure at Pardee RAND, which enables them to compete successfully for positions at universities and other research institutions.

Below is a list of publications that our students have recently authored or co-authored. The list provides an excellent illustration of the range of publications that our students have had a hand in developing.

2018

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  Evaluation of Two Programs Supporting Global Family Planning Data Needs: Summary February 5, 2018

  Melinda Moore, Laura J. Faherty, Shira H. Fischer, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Julie DaVanzo, Claude Messan Setodji, Bill Gelfeld, Emily Hoch, Luke J. Matthews, Sarah Weilant, et al.

  In 2013, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched two programs that monitor progress toward a new global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020: Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 (PMA2020) and Track20. This summary of an evaluation of both programs is based on interviews with more than 260 stakeholders, statistical analysis of the PMA2020 survey, and analysis of stakeholder ratings of data maturity and sustainability.

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  Data and Family Planning: An Evaluation of Two Programs of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation February 5, 2018

  Melinda Moore, Laura J. Faherty, Shira H. Fischer, Kathryn E. Bouskill, Julie DaVanzo, Claude Messan Setodji, Bill Gelfeld, Emily Hoch, Luke J. Matthews, Sarah Weilant, et al.

  This brief summarizes an evaluation of two programs to help monitor progress toward a global goal to increase modern contraceptive use by 2020. Both programs can improve promotion of country-driven agendas for data collection, use, and ownership.

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  Command and Control of Joint Air Operations in the Pacific: Methods for Comparing and Contrasting Alternative Concepts January 18, 2018

  Brien Alkire, Sherrill Lingel, Caroline Baxter, Christopher M. Carson, Christine Chen, David Gordon, Lawrence M. Hanser, Lance Menthe, Daniel M. Romano

  The geography of the Pacific can present challenges for command and control (C2) of air operations, especially in the face of attempts to disrupt C2. This report recommends methods for comparing and contrasting alternative organizational concepts for C2 of joint air operations in the Pacific and applies them to a selection of concepts for two different scenarios, humanitarian and disaster relief and a major war with a near-peer competitor.

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  Results from the Teach For America 2017 National Principal Survey: School Leader Perspectives on Induction, Support, and School Partnerships January 17, 2018

  Amanda F. Edelman, Rachel Perera, Jonathan Schweig

  Teach For America (TFA) recruits, selects, and trains recent college graduates and professionals to teach for a two-year commitment in high-needs schools across the United States. This report describes the findings from TFA's 2017 National Principal Survey, which is administered biennially to all partner principals currently employing TFA teachers (called corps members) in their schools.

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  Teach For America Passes the Test with Most Participants in Principal Survey January 17, 2018

  Amanda F. Edelman, Rachel Perera, Jonathan Schweig

  More than 85 percent of principals surveyed were satisfied with their schools' Teach for America (TFA) corps members. Principals who were TFA alumni or who led charter schools were less satisfied with corps members' abilities than other principals.

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  Breaking Down Barriers: Experiments into Policies That Might Incentivize Employers to Hire Ex-Offenders January 15, 2018

  Priscillia Hunt, Rosanna Smart, Lisa Jonsson, Flavia Tsang

  The rate of criminal punishment in the United States has had far-reaching economic consequences, in large part because people with criminal records are marginalized within the labor market. To inform policies and programs aimed at improving employment rates for ex-offenders, we examined employer preferences regarding policy options targeted to incentivize hiring individuals with one nonviolent felony conviction.

2017

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  U.S. Military Capabilities and Forces for a Dangerous World: Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Force Planning November 28, 2018

  David Ochmanek, Peter A. Wilson, Brenna Allen, John Speed Meyers, Carter C. Price

  This report evaluates the capabilities of current and programmed U.S. forces to meet the demands of conflicts that could arise involving any of five potential adversaries. The report finds that U.S. forces today are larger than needed to fight a single war, are failing to keep pace with the forces of great power adversaries, are poorly postured to meet key challenges in Europe and East Asia, and are insufficiently trained and ready.

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  A Simulation Assessment of Methods to Infer Cultural Transmission on Dark Networks October 18, 2018

  Rouslan I. Karimov, Luke J. Matthews

  This study uses a comprehensive set of simulations to test three statistical approaches commonly used to infer social transmission of beliefs, behaviors, or information on illicit networks.

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  Understanding Scientists' Computational Modeling Decisions About Climate Risk Management Strategies Using Values-Informed Mental Models March 7, 2018

  Lauren A. Mayer, Kathleen Loa, Bryan Cwik, Nancy Tuana, Klaus Keller, Chad Gonnerman, Andrew M. Parker, Robert J. Lempert

  This study used values-informed mental models (ViMM) to capture how a set of scientists thinks about modeling CRM strategy tradeoffs and how their values influence this thinking.

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  Understanding the Economic Benefit Associated with Research and Services at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: An Approach and Three Case Studies January 2, 2018

  Benjamin M. Miller, David Metz, Troy D. Smith, Jesse Lastunen, Eric Landree, Christopher Nelson

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) asked the RAND Corporation to develop an approach, reported here, for estimating the economic benefit of NIOSH research, using three case studies. The cases provide concrete illustrations of the ways in which NIOSH research could affect worker health and safety practices and outcomes, as well as some initial estimates of the economic benefit associated with those impacts.

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  Housing for Health: A State-of-the-Art Program for Reducing Homelessness in Los Angeles County December 27, 2017

  Sarah B. Hunter, Melody Harvey, Brian Briscombe, Matthew Cefalu

  This research brief summarizes the findings of a report on Los Angeles County's Housing for Health program and its effects on county costs and on the physical and mental health of people experiencing homelessness.

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  Improving Children's Lives: Balancing Investments in Prevention and Treatment in the Child Welfare System December 11, 2017

  Jeanne S. Ringel, Dana Schultz, Joshua Mendelsohn, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Katharine Sieck, Ifeanyi Edochie, Lauren Davis

  RAND researchers' model of the child welfare system shows that increasing prevention while also increasing treatment improves system experience and long-term outcomes while paying for itself by reducing lifetime child welfare system costs.

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  Improving Child Welfare Outcomes: Balancing Investments in Prevention and Treatment December 11, 2017

  Jeanne S. Ringel, Dana Schultz, Joshua Mendelsohn, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Katharine Sieck, Ifeanyi Edochie, Lauren Davis

  To analyze the effects of prevention and treatment programs on child welfare outcomes, RAND researchers built a quantitative model simulating how children enter and flow through the nation's child welfare system. They then projected how different policy options (preventive services, family preservation treatment efforts, and kinship care treatment efforts) would affect a child's pathway through the system, costs, and early adulthood outcomes.

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  What Role Does Efficiency Play in Understanding the Relationship Between Cost and Quality in Physician Organizations? December 7, 2017

  Susan M. Paddock, Cheryl L. Damberg, Dolores Yanagihara, John L. Adams, Lane F. Burgette, Jose J. Escarce

  We observed differences among physician organizations (POs) in the efficiency with which they produce quality. The sources of inefficiency should be identified and these areas targeted for improvement.

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  Care Coordination and Provider Stress in Primary Care Management of High-risk Patients December 7, 2017

  Adeyemi Theophilus Okunogbe, Lisa S. Meredith, Evelyn T. Chang, Alissa Simon, Susan Stockdale, Lisa V. Rubenstein

  Providing adequate support to PCPs and nurses may help reduce the stress they experience when coordinating care for high-risk patients.

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  International Commercial Drone Regulation and Drone Delivery Services December 5, 2017

  Therese Jones

  As unmanned aerial vehicles rapidly evolve, regulators around the world are scrambling to keep up with new uses, capabilities, and technology. The United States has found itself scrambling to satisfy the regulatory relaxation requested by commercial drone companies. The author summarizes the rapidly changing body of commercial drone regulations worldwide and highlights the primary obstacles to delivery drone use in each country.

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  Identifying Promising Approaches to U.S. Army Institutional Change: A Review of the Literature on Organizational Culture and Climate December 5, 2017

  Lisa S. Meredith, Carra S. Sims, Benjamin Saul Batorsky, Adeyemi Theophilus Okunogbe, Brittany L. Bannon, Craig A. Myatt

  This report uses a review of organizational culture literature to help address the U.S. Army's organizational challenges, such as behavioral health treatment stigma, negative workplace behaviors, and participation of women in combat. Researchers identified key drivers of cultural change, and a group of subject matter experts analyzed the results of the literature review by identifying the most important drivers of cultural change for the Army.

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  Evaluation of Housing for Health Permanent Supportive Housing Program December 4, 2017

  Sarah B. Hunter, Melody Harvey, Brian Briscombe, Matthew Cefalu

  Housing for Health (HFH), a division of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, provides supportive housing to patients with complex medical and behavioral issues who are experiencing homelessness. This report assesses HFH's structure and goals and its effects on service use and cost. Our findings suggest HFH has been successfully implemented. Hundreds have been stably housed, and we observed a net cost savings of 20 percent.

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  Investing Early: Taking Stock of Outcomes and Economic Returns from Early Childhood Programs November 15, 2017

  Jill S. Cannon, M. Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly, Teryn Mattox, Ashley N. Muchow, Maya Buenaventura

  This report examines evaluations of early childhood programs that meet criteria for scientific rigor and synthesizes their results to better understand program outcomes, costs, and benefits. It focuses on programs serving children or parents of children from the prenatal period to age 5. The programs reviewed use approaches alone or in combination that include early care and education, home visiting, parent education, and government transfers.

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  Decades of Evidence Demonstrate That Early Childhood Programs Can Benefit Children and Provide Economic Returns November 15, 2017

  Jill S. Cannon, M. Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly, Teryn Mattox, Ashley N. Muchow, Maya Buenaventura

  An updated comprehensive review of rigorous evaluations of early childhood programs confirms and strengthens RAND researchers' findings from previous syntheses showing that many early childhood programs can improve a range of outcomes for children.

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