Doctoral Dissertation Research: Planning for Retirement

这是提高博士研究计划下的一个奖项。这是一项关于工薪阶层和中产阶级夫妇的储蓄和退休计划的研究，特别是通过性别和不平等的影响。理论问题涉及教育、性别和社会阶层对家庭决策的影响。数据包括对20对退休夫妇的访谈，一起或单独访谈，以及来自全国纵向调查（重点关注“老年男性”群体及其“成熟”配偶）和健康与退休研究的调查数据。这项研究将有助于社会学对家庭关系、财务规划和社会阶层差异的理解。它将有助于关心家庭稳定和老年人经济福利的决策者。除了研究取得的科学成果外，该奖项还将极大地帮助极有前途的学生完成博士论文的研究。有利于培养国家未来的科学人才，有利于培养下一代社会科学家。

This is an award under the Grants for Improving Doctoral Research Program. This is a study of saving and retirement planning among working and middle class couples, particularly through the influence of gender and inequality. Theoretical issues concern the influence of education, gender, and social class on decision-making in the family. Data include interviews with 20 retired couples, interviewed together and separately, and survey data from the National Longitudinal Survey (concentrating on the "older men" cohort and their "mature" spouses) and from the Health and Retirement Study. %%% This research will contribute to sociological understanding of family relations, financial planning, and social class differences. It will be of help to policy makers concerned with family stability and the economic well-being of the elderly. In addition to the scientific gains to be achieved by the research, this award will materially assist a highly promising student in completing research for the Ph.D. dissertation. Thus it contributes to the future scientific manpower of the nation and the thorough training of the next generation of social scientists.