Human capital, health and longevity: explaining the health gradient

人力资本、健康与长寿：解释健康梯度

基本信息

批准号：
8716629
负责人：
Titus Johannes Galama
金额：
$ 15.21万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-09-30 至 2017-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8716629
关键词：
Address Adopted Aging Attention Award Behavior Behavioral Model Behavioral Research Behavioral Sciences Buffaloes Businesses California Capital Chicago Collaborations Data Analyses Doctor of Philosophy Drug Formulations Economics Education Educational Background Effectiveness Empirical Research Employee Strikes Ensure Epidemiology Equation Foundations Funding Genetic Growth Health Health education Human Independent Scientist Award Individual Inservice Training Institution Investments Joints Life Cycle Stages Light Literature London Longevity Los Angeles Medical Sociology Methods Neurobiology Outcome Pharmacology Physics Plant Roots Policies Policy Maker Population Psychology Public Policy Relative (related person)Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resources Role Schools Social Sciences Societies Socioeconomic Status Techniques Testing Theoretical model Time Training Universities Work career career development health disparity health knowledge human capital model development programs skills success theories

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One of the most striking and well-established findings in the social sciences is the very strong association between education and health. The substantial disparities in health between educational groups have attracted the attention of policymakers and reducing them is a key policy objective. Yet, surprisingly, very little is understood about this strong association, and despite previous policy efforts health disparities are increasing. In part, progress in understanding and reducing disparities has been hampered by the absence of a theoretical framework, that combines both human capital (e.g., education, [on-the-job] training) and health capital (health and longevity), to guide analyses, interpret results and derive new predictions. I have recently laid the foundation for such a theory by addressing a number of serious limitations that have long been identified with the health capital literature. I am an (award-winning, highly-cited) astrophysicist who has recently made a significant career change to the behavioral sciences. I recently completed a second PhD, this time in economics (June 2011) in which I developed a theory of disparities in health and longevity between socioeconomic status groups. As a fairly new entrant into economics, I have two immediate career objectives. First, I want to establish credibility as an economist by using the window of opportunity provided by the recent advances I made to develop a number of important life cycle theories (also Aim 1). Second, I want to strengthen the career transition to behavioral research, by further honing my skills in data analysis and econometric techniques by empirically testing my theories in collaboration with distinguished experts in relevant fields and methods (also Aim 2). My long-term career objectives are to build a research group and to establish a RAND center in human capital, health and aging (also Aim 3). The K02 mechanism would provide protected time for the proposed research agenda to achieve these immediate- and long-term career objectives. The proposed research can substantially enrich our understanding of the strong relationship between education and health, the role of institutions in encouraging investments in human capital and health, and open new avenues to addressing the observed significant disparities in health between educational groups. To ensure the success of the proposed work, I will be supported by a diverse group of renowned scholars. While their work is rooted in economics and epidemiology it draws on a variety of fields, including neurobiology, genetics, pharmacology, medicine, sociology and psychology. Further, I have the support of RAND's Labor and Population unit and access not only to the wide array of RAND's resources but also to those of my collaborators at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Chicago, the London School of Economics, Erasmus University and SUNY at Buffalo (UB). My business and management skills, in combination with my ability to conduct high level research, ideally suit me to building a research group and setting up and directing a RAND center with a focus on human capital, health and aging research.

描述（由申请人提供）：社会科学中最引人注目，最悠久的发现之一是教育与健康之间的密切联系。教育群体之间的健康差异引起了决策者的注意并减少他们是一个关键的政策目标。然而，令人惊讶的是，对这种强大的关联的理解很少，尽管以前的政策努力，但健康差异仍在增加。在某种程度上，缺乏理论框架的理解和降低差异的进展受到了阻碍，该框架结合了人力资本（例如教育，[在职]培训）和卫生资本（健康和寿命），以指导分析，解释结果并得出新的预测。我最近通过解决了卫生资本文献长期以来已经确定的许多严重限制，为这种理论奠定了基础。我是一名（屡获殊荣的，引人注目的）天体物理学家，最近对行为科学进行了重大的职业改变。我最近完成了第二次博士学位，这次是经济学（2011年6月），其中我发展了社会经济地位群体之间健康和寿命差异的理论。作为经济学的新进入者，我有两个直接的职业目标。首先，我想通过使用我为发展许多重要的生命周期理论所取得的机会提供的机会之窗来确立作为经济学家的信誉（也是AIM 1）。其次，我想通过与相关领域和方法中的杰出专家合作对我的理论进行经验测试，以进一步磨练我在数据分析和计量技术方面的技能，从而加强职业过渡到行为研究（AIM 2）。我的长期职业目标是建立一个研究小组，并在人力资本，健康和衰老中建立兰特中心（AIM 3）。 K02机制将为拟议的研究议程提供受保护的时间，以实现这些直接和长期的职业目标。拟议的研究可以实质上丰富我们对教育与健康之间的牢固关系，机构在鼓励人力资本和健康投资中的作用以及开放新途径的理解，以解决观察到的教育群体之间的健康差异。为了确保拟议工作的成功，我将得到一群著名的学者的支持。尽管他们的工作源于经济学和流行病学，但它借鉴了各种领域，包括神经生物学，遗传学，药理学，医学，社会学和心理学。此外，我得到了兰德的劳动力和人口部门的支持，不仅可以访问兰德的广泛资源，还可以访问我在加利福尼亚大学，洛杉矶分校（UCLA），芝加哥大学，伦敦经济学院，伊拉斯mus大学和布法罗（UB）纽约州纽约市的合作者。我的业务和管理技能，结合我进行高水平研究的能力，理想情况下，我适合建立研究小组，并建立和指导兰特中心，重点是人力资本，健康和老龄化研究。