China & India Conferences for Harmonization of Aging Surveys

描述(申请人提供)：在以健康和退休研究(HRS)为中心的老龄化数据集之间进行了大量的协调工作；然而，考察机构和政策对健康和退休的影响的跨国比较研究仍然为数不多。为了促进在老龄化问题上的国际合作，特别是利用世界各地协调的HRS类型调查，我们建议组织两次主题为“老龄化、卫生系统和健康结果”和“老龄化、养老金制度和退休结果”的科学会议，这两次会议是在第一次成功召开的“协调老龄调查和跨国老龄研究”会议的基础上举行的。拟议会议的核心活动是：(1)每项老龄化调查的主计长/共同主计长将提供各自调查的最新进展，并讨论他们在调查中引入的任何科学创新，以便为其他调查提供建议；(2)在讨论协调核心基线调查之后，我们将继续讨论设计后续浪潮，包括对死者的调查；(3)将在会议主题下提交分析一项或多项协调的老龄化调查的科学论文，特别强调亚洲新的HRS类型调查；(4)每个老龄化调查的PI/共同PIs将介绍有关医疗保健和养老金制度的关键背景知识，并讨论他们的调查如何捕捉这些机构特征；(5)将确定跨国研究的关键研究主题，并鼓励与会者之间的研究合作。我们建议：(1)于2009年2月11日至13日在印度孟买召开老龄化、医疗体系和健康成果会议，并于2009年2月9日至10日在同一地点举行印度老龄化纵向研究国际咨询会议；(2)于2010年6月9日至11日在北京召开老龄化、养老金体系和退休会议，中国。会议的地点和时间的选择既有科学的原因，也有实际的原因。印度和中国是目前正在开展HRS类型研究的两个国家。因此，选择印度和中国作为会议地点，将使科学成果最大化。务实地，通过与LASI共同规划会议，我们为会议创造了成本效益。这次会议的好处将不仅限于会议与会者的利益，还将惠及整个研究社区。特别是，随着会议记录的传播，将向整个科学界通报老龄调查后续访谈的可比性，将提供关于健康和养恤金制度的关键背景信息，将提供使用统一老龄调查的关于健康和退休的示范性科学研究，并将开展跨国家研究的关键研究课题。这些信息也将被纳入目前正在开发的资源库(R01 AG030153-01)。国家老龄研究所(NIA)行为和社会研究方案(BSR)已将发展人口老龄化方面的国际网络确定为外部资金的主要重点领域之一，并为此类发展活动征集申请。跨国家的比较研究能够调查机构和政策对健康结果的影响，否则很难对其进行检查。然而，利用跨国差异来理解政策效果的实证研究仍然很少。拟议的会议将促进关于老龄化的跨国比较研究，将老龄调查的国际数据制作者和用户聚集在一起，展示以健康和退休为主题的科学论文，并交流关于健康和养老金制度的关键背景信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A great deal of harmonization efforts has occurred among the aging data sets that are centered on the Health and Retirement Study (HRS); however, cross-national comparative studies that examine the impacts of institutions and policies on health and retirement are still small in numbers. To foster international collaboration on aging and, in particular to take advantage on the harmonized HRS-type surveys around the world, we propose to organize two scientific meetings under the themes, "Aging, Health System, and Health Outcomes" and, "Aging, Pension System, and Retirement Outcomes," that build upon the successful first meeting on the, "Harmonization of Aging Surveys and Cross-National Studies on Aging." Core activities of the proposed meetings are: (1) PI/co-PIs of each aging survey will provide updates on recent progress of their respective surveys and discuss any scientific innovations that they have brought into their surveys to offer recommendations for other surveys; (2) Following discussion on harmonizing the core baseline surveys, we will continue discussions on designing the follow-up waves, including the survey for the deceased; (3) Scientific papers that analyze one or more of the harmonized aging surveys, with a particular emphasis on the new HRS-type surveys in Asia, will be presented under the conference theme; (4) PI/co-PIs of each aging survey will present key contextual knowledge about health care and pension systems and discuss how their survey captures such institutional characteristics; (5) Key research topics for cross-national studies will be identified, and research collaboration among the conference attendees will be encouraged. We propose to hold: (1) the aging, health system, and health outcomes meeting in Mumbai, India on Feb 11-13, 2009, in conjunction with the International Advisory Meeting for the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) on Feb 9-10, 2009 in the same location; and (2) the aging, pension system, and retirement meeting in Beijing, China on June 9-11, 2010. The location and timing of the meetings are chosen for both scientific and pragmatic reasons. India and China are two countries wherein HRS-type studies are currently being developed. Therefore, by choosing India and China as conference venues, scientific gains will be maximized. Pragmatically, by jointly planning the meeting with LASI, we create cost efficiencies for the meeting. The benefits of this meeting will extend beyond those that occur for the attendees of the meeting, reaching the entire research community. In particular, with the dissemination of the proceedings, the entire scientific community will be apprised of the comparability of follow-up interviews of the aging surveys, key contextual information about health and pension systems will be provided, exemplary scientific studies on health and retirement using harmonized aging surveys will be offered, and key research topics for cross- national studies will occur. This information will be also incorporated into the resource library that is currently under development (R01 AG030153-01). The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Behavioral and Social Research Program (BSR) has identified the development of international networks in population aging as one of the major areas of emphasis in extramural funding and solicits applications for such development activities. Cross-national, comparative studies enable investigation of the impacts of institutions and policies on health outcomes, which would otherwise be difficult to examine. However, empirical studies that exploit cross-national differences to understand policy effects are still small in numbers. The proposed meetings will facilitate cross-national, comparative studies on aging by bringing together international data producers and users of aging surveys and showcasing scientific papers under the themes of health and retirement, as well as communicating key contextual information on health and pension systems.