PARENTAL INVESTMENTS AND CHILDRENS MENTAL HEALTH

这项提案寻求获得职业奖，以表彰对中国经济的研究 儿童行为问题和在儿童领域的培训 心理健康。研究计划提出了经济上的解释 家庭收入与经济发展之间的经验相关性 儿童的行为问题，以及青春期的犯罪行为。 研究和培训活动将使校长 调查员将启动家庭层面的研究计划 儿童心理健康结果的决定因素。 几位技能互补的导师将为 候选人。玛格丽特·恩斯明格博士(约翰霍普金斯大学学院 公共卫生)将担任主要导师，并为候选人提供建议 儿童发展和青少年成果领域的培训。Dr。 芭芭拉·沃尔夫，大学贫困研究所所长 威斯康星州大学)将就以下方面的研究进展提供指导 关于贫困和适当的计量方法。她是世界上最优秀的 对儿童成就的研究。罗伯特·莫菲特博士(科室 约翰霍普金斯大学经济学)将就以下问题向候选人提供建议 有限相依结果衡量的计量经济模型。因为 青春期的犯罪和其他行为问题没有 以前被分析为经济决策的结果， 该奖项的培训部分将包括关于最近 儿童发展和青少年方面的理论和实证工作 行为。培训将包括正式的儿童课程作业。 发展和儿童的心理健康，与导师互动 是贫困、青少年结果和经济成就方面的专家； 和参加在研究所举行的会议 威斯康星大学和研究会的贫困问题 关于儿童发展。 儿童心理健康问题领域的培训将有助于 研究人员制定了一项长期的研究计划 预防青少年犯罪行为。理论上和 开发的经验建模策略将适用于某一范围 儿童心理健康预防问题，在哪里预防 干预措施可能会产生动态影响。

This proposal seeks a career award for research on the economics of children's behavior problems and for training in the area of children's mental health. The research plan proposes economic explanations for empirical correlations between family income, the development of behavior problems in children, and delinquent behaviors in adolescence. The research and training activities will enable the principal investigator to initiate a program of research on the family level determinants of children's mental health outcomes. Several mentors with complementary skills will advise the candidate. Dr. Margaret Ensminger (Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health) will be the principal mentor and advise the candidate's training in the area of child development and adolescent outcomes. Dr. Barbara Wolfe Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin) will provide guidance on developments in research on poverty and on appropriate econometric methods. She is a leader in the study of children's attainments. Dr. Robert Moffitt (Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University) will advise the candidate on econometric modeling of limited dependent outcome measures. Because delinquency and other behavior problems in adolescence have not previously been analyzed as being outcomes of economic decision-making, the training component of the award will involve instruction on recent theoretical and empirical work in child development and adolescent behaviors. The training will consist of formal course work in child development and children's mental health, interaction with mentors who are experts in poverty, adolescent outcomes, and economic attainment; and participation in conferences at the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin and at the Society for Research on Child Development. Training in the area of children's mental health issues will facilitate the investigator's development of a long-term program of research on prevention of delinquent behavior in youths. The theoretical and empirical modeling strategies developed will be applicable to a range of children's mental health prevention problems, where preventive interventions may have dynamic effects.