Are older drivers posing increasing risk to the public? If so, what public policies might mitigate that risk? Older drivers (those 65 and older) are slightly likelier than drivers aged 25 to 64 to cause an accident, but drivers aged 18 to 24 are nearly three times likelier than older drivers to do so. The authors of this paper conclude that stricter licensing policies targeting older drivers would likely not improve traffic safety substantially.

Regulating Older Drivers: Are New Policies Needed? (Occasional Papers)

Politics & Social Sciences

Loughran, David S.

Social Sciences

RAND Corporation

Between 2002 and 2004, the number of veterans claiming Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (UCX), which provides income assistance to unemployed veterans as they search for work, increased by about 75 percent. This report examines the reasons for this increase and their implications for the UCX program.

Explaining the Increase in Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers During the Global War on Terror (Technical Report)

Business & Money

Klerman, Jacob Alex

Economics

Although polls of Hispanic youth show a strong propensity to serve in the military, Hispanics are nonetheless underrepresented among military recruits. The authors discuss the major characteristics that disproportionately disqualify Hispanic youth and explore actions that could be taken to increase Hispanic enlistments.

Military Enlistment of Hispanic Youth: Obstacles and Opportunities (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Engineering & Transportation

Buck, Christopher

Asch, Beth J.

Kleykamp, Meredith

Engineering

Estimates, for as many as 18 years following enlistment, the causal effect of military enlistment on earnings and educational attainment. The authors address the empirical problems associated with the selective nature of military service by restricting their analysis to military applicants, some of whom enlist and some of whom do not, and by controlling for a rich array of applicant characteristics available on the military application record.

The Effect of Military Enlistment on Earnings and Education (Technical Report)

Miller, Trey

Martorell, Paco

This comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how injury sustained by service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan affects their subsequent labor market earnings also explores the extent to which retirement and disability payments compensate for any resulting earnings losses. The analysis controls for a rich array of individual-level characteristics, including labor market outcomes prior to deployment.

Compensating Wounded Warriors: An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

HEATON, Paul

Miller, Amalia R.

The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is a residential program coupled with post-residential mentoring that seeks to alter the life course of high school dropouts ages 16-18. A cost-benefit analysis employing estimates of the program's effectiveness from a random assignment program evaluation indicates that every dollar invested in the ChalleNGe program yields $2.66 in social benefits, an estimated return on investment of 166 percent.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (Rand Corporation Technical Report)

History

Constant, Louay

Karoly, Lynn A.

Pérez Arce, Francisco

Military

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