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Population and Aging

RAND research on population and aging includes family planning policy, vulnerable populations such as the elderly, demographic trends, environmental effects, security implications, labor markets, and economic development. View all Population and Aging documents available online or find general information at Reports and Bookstore.

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Economic Progress of Allegheny County Could be Enhanced by Government Consolidation — Apr. 3, 2008

The City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pennsylvania could enhance the economic progress of the region if its governments are consolidated, although evidence of such gains in other consolidations is mixed.

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Health Indicators Address Quality of Care in Older Adults — Feb. 15, 2008

Vulnerable elders receive on average only half of recommended care; for conditions that affect primarily the elderly, they receive appropriate care less than one-third of the time. Interventions based on ACOVE indicators can improve the care physicians provide to older adults.

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Ask the Experts about Television Exposure in Young Children — Apr. 16, 2008

Child Policy experts take your questions about television exposure in young children. Answers will be posted and will be announced in an upcoming PPN newsletter.

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May 12, 2008: RAND Study Provides Primer for Using Economics to Help Guide Early Childhood Policy Initiatives

January 23, 2008: Path to Diversity Success Varies According to Company's History, Culture, Mission

January 21, 2008: Researchers Propose Consumers Buy Yearly `Drug Licenses' As New Way to Pay for Prescriptions

September 27, 2007: Repair and Replacement of Affordable Housing Lags in Mississippi's Post-Katrina Recovery

September 11, 2007: RAND Researchers Offer Options to Improve Health Care Access and Quality for Immigrants

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How Deployments Affect Service Members To offer insights into the challenges faced by active-duty service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and their families in coping with these challenges, and the adequacy of defense manpower policy in assisting members and families, this book draws on the perspectives of economics, sociology, and psychology; provides a formal model of deployment and retention; reviews published work; reports on the results of focus groups conducted in each of the services; and presents findings from an analysis of survey data. Full Document

Low Fertility and Population Aging: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Options Assesses which government policies, macro-level conditions, and household-level demographic behaviors can prevent or mitigate the adverse consequences of low fertility and population aging. Full Document