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，评估在美国进行一项新的具有全国代表性的家庭纵向研究的必要性，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不同社会和行为科学学科和专业领域的专家组成的指导委员会来完成，他们将确定评估的关键主题领域，并就每个主题领域委托学术论文。这些论文将在一个委托的研讨会上发表和讨论。指导委员会将编写一份最后文件，总结讲习班的主题和教训，并酌情提出一项新的具有全国代表性的家庭纵向研究的主要设计特点和内容领域。该项目的一个重要的副产品是发展一个对这种类型的新数据收集工作感兴趣并愿意为此付出努力的学者社区。这项活动的意义在于确定了解美国家庭经济和社会生活的动态性质所需的信息内容和数据收集方法。

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.