Training in the Demography and Economics of Aging

项目摘要 密歇根大学人口研究中心要求延长其培训五年 人口学和老龄化经济学计划。密歇根州是世界上最古老的人口中心之一。 美国，在国内和国际人口研究和培训方面有着杰出的记录。的 大学的高排名的社会科学部门和专业学校，结合独特的 社会研究所的优势，为PSC提供了非常丰富的研究环境 以及老龄人口学方面的培训。该中心目前的教师队伍可以说是最强大的， 当然，它是历史上最跨学科的，在许多研究领域做出了重大贡献。 老龄化的经济学和人口学。 拟议的培训计划将提供专门的人口统计学培训，以选定的博士前和 博士后研究生。博士前培训计划是基于社会学博士课程， 经济学、公共卫生和公共政策。学生联合收割机结合他们的具体博士要求， 通过结合正式课程， 非正式的研讨会，并在PSC的丰富的跨学科研究学徒计划接地 环境博士后培训，这是提供给研究人员从各种学科，是 与教师导师协调，包括课程工作，研讨会，合作或独立 research. 该提案寻求每年为8名博士前和4名博士后培训人员提供支持， 我们现有的补助金。我们计划的一个主要重点是社会经济，种族和民族差异， 健康-在方案中增加公共健康有助于这一重点。该计划的最新记录 在培训生招聘和专业安置方面非常出色， 和非学术职位，并在领先期刊上发表高质量的研究。我们的记录 招聘、保留和安置代表性不足的少数族裔受训人员的工作特别有力。

PROJECT SUMMARY The Population Studies Center of the University of Michigan requests a five-year renewal of its training program in the demography and economics of aging. Michigan has one of the oldest population centers in the United States, with a distinguished record in domestic and international population research and training. The University's highly ranked social science departments and professional schools, combined with the unique strengths of the Institute for Social Research, provide PSC with an exceptionally rich environment for research and training in the demography of aging. The Center's current group of faculty is arguably the strongest and certainly the most interdisciplinary in its history, making major contributions in many areas of research in the economics and demography of aging. The proposed training program will provide specialized demographic training to selected predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. The predoctoral training program is based in the doctoral programs in sociology, economics, public health, and public policy. Students combine the specific doctoral requirements of their disciplines with additional specialized training in demography through a combination of formal coursework, informal seminars, and a research apprenticeship program grounded in PSC's rich interdisciplinary environment. Postdoctoral training, which is provided to researchers from a variety of disciplines, is coordinated with a faculty mentor and includes course work, seminars, and collaborative or independent research. This proposal seeks support for 8 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees per year, the same number of slots we have in our current grant. A major focus of our program is socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities in health – a focus facilitated by the addition of public health into the program. The recent record of the program in terms of trainee recruitment and professional placement is excellent, with trainees moving into top academic and non-academic positions and producing high-quality research published in leading journals. Our record of recruitment, retention, and placement of under-represented minority trainees is particularly strong.