SSRN RAND Corporation Law, Labor, & Health Working Paper Series

1.

Defining and Measuring Financial Literacy

RAND Working Paper Series WR-708

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Nov 2009

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Angela Hung, Andrew M. Parker and Joanne Yoong

RAND Corporation - Labor and Population, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

Downloads 4,974

2.

Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

RAND Working Paper No. WR-842

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Apr 2011

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David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 784

3.

A Qualitative Study of Early Childhood Educators' Beliefs About Key Preschool Classroom Experiences

RAND Working Paper No. WR- 656

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jan 2009

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Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo, Allison Sidle Fuligni, Lindsay Daugherty, Carollee Howes and Lynn A. Karoly

affiliation not provided to SSRN, California State University, Los Angeles, RAND Corporation, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices

Downloads 641

4.

Asking for Help: Survey and Experimental Evidence on Financial Advice and Behavior Change

RAND Working Paper Series WR-714-1

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2010

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Angela Hung and Joanne Yoong

RAND Corporation - Labor and Population and RAND Corporation

Downloads 476

5.

Small Business Assistance Programs in the United States: An Analysis of What They Are, How Well They Perform, and How We Can Learn More About Them

RAND Working Paper No. WR- 603-EMKF

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 05 Nov 2008

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Qian Gu, Lynn A. Karoly and Julie M. Zissimopoulos

RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 466

6.

A Description and Analysis of Evolving Data Resources on Small Business

RAND Corporation Working Paper No. WR-293-1-ICJ

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 05 Oct 2007

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Amelia Haviland and Bogdan Savych

RAND Corporation and Workers Compensation Research Institute

Downloads 295

7.

The Role of Education in Preparing Graduates for the Labor Market in the GCC Countries

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 742

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Feb 2010

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Lynn A. Karoly

RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices

Downloads 290

8.

Can You Get What You Pay For? Pay-for-Performance and the Quality of Healthcare Providers

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR- 680

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Apr 2009

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Kathleen J. Mullen, Richard G. Frank and Meredith B. Rosenthal

RAND Corporation, Harvard Medical School and Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 286

9.

Is Employer-Based Health Insurance a Barrier to Entrepreneurship?

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-637-EMKF

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 24 Nov 2008

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Robert W. Fairlie, Kanika Kapur and Susan M. Gates

University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics, University College Dublin (UCD) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 277

10.

Is Full Better than Half? Examining the Longitudinal Effects of Full-Day Kindergarten Attendance

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-266

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jul 2005

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Jill S. Cannon, Alison Jacknowitz and Gary Painter

RAND Corporation, American University - Kogod School of Business and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 275

11.

The Geography of Financial Literacy

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-893-SSA

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Dec 2011

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Christopher B. Bumcrot, Judy Lin and Annamaria Lusardi

Applied Research & Consulting LLC, affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Washington University - Department of Accountancy

Downloads 267

12.

The Impact of Terrorism on the Defense Industry

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 597

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 May 2005

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Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

Downloads 261

13.

Do More Friends Mean Better Grades?: Student Popularity and Academic Achievement

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 678

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Apr 2009

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Kata Mihaly

RAND Corporation

Downloads 242

14.

Qatari Women in the Workforce

RAND Education Working Paper No. WR-612-QATAR

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Nov 2008

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Dell Felder and Mirka Vuollo

affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 236

15.

What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 762

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2010

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Raquel Fonseca, Kathleen J. Mullen, Gema Zamarro and Julie M. Zissimopoulos

RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 235

16.

How do Mutual Fund Fees Affect Investor Choices?: Evidence from Survey Experiments

RAND Working Paper No. WR-653

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2009

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Jeff Dominitz, Angela Hung and Joanne Yoong

Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University and RAND Corporation

Downloads 227

17.

Selection Bias in Web Surveys and the Use of Propensity Scores

RAND Working Paper No. WR-279

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2008

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Matthias Schonlau, Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn and Mick P. Couper

University of Waterloo, Tilburg University, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Downloads 219

18.

Early Retirement and Employment of the Young

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR- 679

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Apr 2009

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Adriaan Kalwij, Arie Kapteyn and Klaas de Vos

IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and CentERdata

Downloads 218

19.

Comparing Life Satisfaction

RAND Working Paper No. WR-623-1

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 25 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2009

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Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith and Arthur van Soest

Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, RAND Corporation and Tilburg University

Downloads 217

20.

How Transparent are Class Action Outcomes?: Empirical Research on the Availability of Class Action Claims Data

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 599-ICJ

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Aug 2008

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Nicholas M. Pace and William B. Rubenstein

RAND Corporation and Harvard Law School

Downloads 216

21.

Optimal Financial Literacy and Saving for Retirement

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-905-SSA

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Jan 2012

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Annamaria Lusardi, Pierre-Carl Michaud and Olivia S. Mitchell

George Washington University - Department of Accountancy, RAND Corporation and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Downloads 213

22.

Building Up, Spending Down: Financial Literacy, Retirement Savings Management, and Decumulation

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 712

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 08 Dec 2009

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Angela Hung, Erik Meijer, Kata Mihaly and Joanne Yoong

RAND Corporation - Labor and Population, University of Southern California, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

Downloads 209

23.

Did the Economic Stimulus Payments of 2008 Reduce Labor Supply? Evidence from Quantile Panel Data Estimation

RAND Working Paper Series WR-710-3

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 22 May 2014

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David Powell

RAND Corporation

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24.

The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity

RAND Working Paper Series WR-1063-1

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2016

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Nicole Maestas, Kathleen Mullen and David Powell

Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

Downloads 196

25.

A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle

RAND Working Paper No. WR-773

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 20 Aug 2010

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Titus J. Galama and Hans van Kippersluis

USC Center for Economic and Social Research and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE)

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 194

26.

The Effects of World War II on Economic and Health Outcomes Across Europe

RAND Working Paper Series WR-917

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Jan 2012

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Iris Kesternich, Bettina Siflinger, James P. Smith and Joachim K. Winter

KU Leuven - Department of Economics, University of Mannheim - Department of Economics, RAND Corporation and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 191

27.

Why Wait? The Effect of Marriage and Childbearing on the Wage Growth of Men and Women

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-482-1

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2008

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David Loughran and Julie M. Zissimopoulos

RAND Corporation and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 178

28.

Information and Persuasion: Achieving Safe Water Behaviors in Kenya

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-885

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Jan 2012

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Jill Luoto, David Levine and Jeff Albert

RAND Corporation, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Aquaya Institute

Downloads 172

29.

Mental Retirement

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 711

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2009

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Susann Rohwedder and Robert J. Willis

RAND Corporation and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 164

30.

Does Disability Insurance Receipt Discourage Work? Using Examiner Assignment to Estimate Causal Effects of SSDI Receipt

RAND Working Paper No. WR-853-3

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2012

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Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Alexander Strand

Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and Social Security Administration

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 161

31.

Personal Retirement Accounts and Saving

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR- 600

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Sep 2008

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Emma Aguila

RAND Corporation

Downloads 160

32.

State Health Insurance Mandates, Consumer Directed Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts: Are They a Panacea for Small Businesses?

RAND Working Paper No. WR-450-ICJ

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Sep 2007

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Susan M. Gates, Kanika Kapur and Pinar Karaca-Mandic

RAND Corporation, University College Dublin (UCD) - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation

Downloads 158

33.

Effects of Social Activities on Cognitive Functions: Evidence from CHARLS

RAND Working Paper Series WR-918

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jan 2012

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Yuqing Hu, Xiaoyan Lei, James P. Smith and Yaohui Zhao

University of Southern California - Department of Economics, Peking University - CCER, RAND Corporation and Peking University

Downloads 147

34.

International Comparisons in Health Economics: Evidence from Aging Studies

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-880

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Jan 2012

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James P. Smith and James W. Banks

RAND Corporation and Institute for Fiscal Studies

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 146

35.

The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: Anticipated and Actual Declines in Spending at Retirement

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-242, Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No., 2004-069

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 Jul 2005

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Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder

RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 144

36.

Do Risk Disclosures Affect Investment Choice?

RAND Working Paper No. WR-788

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Oct 2010

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Angela Hung, Aileen Heinberg and Joanne Yoong

RAND Corporation - Labor and Population, RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

Downloads 143

37.

Synthetic Control Estimation Beyond Case Studies: Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Employment?

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 1142

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2017

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David Powell

RAND Corporation

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38.

Retirement Effects on Health in Europe

RAND Working Paper No. WR-588

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2008

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Norma B. Coe and Gema Zamarro

University of Washington - Department of Health Services and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform

Downloads 133

39.

Health Endowments and Parental Investments in Infancy and Early Childhood

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-367

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Aug 2007

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Ashlesha Datar, Rebecca Kilburn and David Loughran

Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR), RAND Corporation and RAND Corporation

Downloads 130

40.

Using Stated Preferences Data to Analyze Preferences for Full and Partial Retirement

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2785, RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-345

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 May 2007

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Arthur van Soest, Arie Kapteyn and Julie M. Zissimopoulos

Tilburg University, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy

Downloads 130

41.

Medical Expenditure Risk and Household Portfolio Choice

RAND Working Paper No. WR-325-1

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Aug 2007

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Dana P. Goldman and Nicole Maestas

RAND Corporation and Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 129

42.

A Contribution to Health Capital Theory

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-831

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Jan 2011

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Titus J. Galama

USC Center for Economic and Social Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 127

43.

Understanding Mass Tort Defendant Incentives for Confidential Settlements: Lessons from Bayer's Cerivastatin Litigation Strategy

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR- 617-ICJ, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Oct 2008

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James M. Anderson

RAND Corporation

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44.

The Effect of Retirement Incentives on Retirement Behavior: Evidence from the Self-Employed in the United States and England

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-528, Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. WP 2007-155

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2008

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Julie M. Zissimopoulos, Nicole Maestas and Lynn A. Karoly

University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy, Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy and RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices

Downloads 126

45.

Beyond Tracking and Detracking: The Dimensions of Organizational Differentiation in Schools

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 1155

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2016

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Thurston Domina, Andrew McEachin, Paul Hanselman, Priyanka Agarwal, NaYoung Hwang and Ryan Lewis

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, RAND Corporation, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Colvin Taluqdars College, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 124

46.

Changes in Consumption at Retirement

RAND Working Paper No. WR-621

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Oct 2008

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Emma Aguila, Orazio Attanasio and Costas Meghir

RAND Corporation, University College London - Department of Economics and Yale University

Downloads 123

47.

Cohabitation and Marriage Rules in State TANF Programs

RAND Working Paper Series No. WR-585-1

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2009

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Robert A. Moffitt, Robert T. Reville, Anne E. Winkler and Jane McClure Burstain

Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics, RAND Corporation - Institute for Civil Justice, University of Missouri at Saint Louis - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation

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48.

Financial Decision Making and Cognition in a Family Context

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 785

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Sep 2010

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James P. Smith, John J. McArdle and Robert J. Willis

RAND Corporation, University of Southern California - College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics

There are 3 versions of this paper