Administrative Core

一个“中心”的两个最基本的作用是协调和整合研究项目和相关活动，使之成为一个更加统一和有凝聚力的计划工作;以及不断发展该计划工作，以实现重要的新研究理念和机会。管理和 行政核心将提供主要的领导和基础设施资源，以支持我们的集体议程的研究行为改变的健康和储蓄。对管理核心来说，最重要的是把国家经济研究局关于老龄问题的研究成果转化为实际的制度和政策 可以改善老年人健康和经济福祉的干预措施。 管理核心将提供高效率的集中行政支助。出版物和项目报告的准备，研究资源的获取和管理，中心会议的安排，中心研究人员和工作人员之间的信息交流， 在中心主任和领导小组的监督下，通过集中的行政程序，更有效地进行调查结果的传播和对各种调查的协调监督。管理核心的一个密切相关的好处是提供集中的数据资源 开发和管理服务，在许多情况下，可以应用于多个研究项目。管理核心的最后一个动机是需要协调的智力领导、前瞻性规划和外展。考虑到“大局”，从单个项目中退一步是有价值的， 确定不属于现有研究计划的重要主题，并将资源用于探索这些主题。中心领导班子和咨询委员会，通过选拔和设计， 新的试点项目，以及通过更广泛的中心愿景，将确保在该计划的过程中，该中心的研究议程的富有成效的演变。

The two most fundamental roles of a "Center" are the coordination and integration of research projects and related activities into a more unified and cohesive programmatic effort; and the ongoing development of that programmatic effort toward important new research ideas and opportunities. The management and administrative core will provide the primary leadership and infrastructure resources to support our collective agenda of research on behavior change in health and saving. Most important to the management core is a focus on translating the research product of the NBER program on aging into practical institutional and policy interventions that can improve health and economic wellbeing at older ages. The management core will provide efficient centralized administrative support. The preparation of publications and program reports, the acquisition and management of research resources, the arrangement of Center meetings and conferences, the exchange of information among Center investigators and staff, the dissemination of findings, and the coordinating oversight of the various investigations are all conducted more efficiently through a centralized administrative process, under the supervision of the Center Director and leadership team. A closely related benefit of the management core is the provision of centralized data resource development and management services that can, in many cases, be applied to multiple research projects. A final motivation for the management core is the need for coordinated intellectual leadership, forward planning, and outreach. There is a value to stepping back from the individual projects, considering the "big picture," identifying important topics that are not part of the existing research plan, and directing resources to exploring these topics. The leadership team and advisory committee to the Center, through the selection and design of new pilot projects, as well as through the broader visioning for the Center, will assure the productive evolution of the Center's research agenda over the course of the program.