BCC-SBE: Exploring the Need for a New Nationally Representative Household Panel in the United States: A Workshop Proposal

该项目的目的是召集社会和行为科学方面的专家，评估是否需要在美国进行一项新的具有全国代表性的家庭纵向研究，以更好地了解社会和行为的结果和过程。这将通过召集一个由来自社会和行为科学各学科和专业领域的专家组成的指导委员会来实现，他们将确定评价的关键主题领域，并委托撰写关于每个主题领域的学术论文。 这些文件将在一个委托举办的讲习班上介绍和讨论。 指导委员会将编写一份最后文件，总结讲习班的主题和经验教训，并酌情提出新的全国代表性住户纵向研究的主要设计特点和内容领域。 该项目的一个副产品，将是向前推进的重要将是发展一个社区的学者感兴趣，并愿意致力于这种类型的新的数据收集工作，这一活动的意义是确定所需的信息内容和数据收集方法，以了解美国家庭的经济和社会生活的动态性质。

The aim of this project is to convene experts in the social and behavioral sciences to assess the need for a new nationally representative household longitudinal study in the United States for better understanding social and behavioral outcomes and processes. This will be accomplished by convening a Steering Committee composed of experts from various social and behavioral science disciplines and specialty areas, who will identify key topical areas of evaluation and commission scholarly papers on each topical area.  The papers will be presented and discussed at a commissioned workshop.  A final document will be produced by the Steering Committee, summarizing themes and lessons from the workshop and, if deemed appropriate, proposing major design features and content areas of a new nationally representative household longitudinal study.  A by-product of the project that will be important for moving forward will be the development of a community of scholars interested in, and willing to devote effort to, a new data collection effort of this type.The significance of this activity is to identify the information content and data collection methodologies that are needed to understand the dynamic nature of the economic and social lives of American families.