Title | The Role of Micro-level Panel Data in Policy Research |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2001 |
Authors | Burkhauser, RV, Smeeding, TM |
Journal | Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift fur Wirtschafts und Sozialwissenschaften/Journal of Applied Social Science Studies |
Volume | 121 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | 469-500 |
Keywords | Consumption and Savings, Health Conditions and Status, Healthcare, Methodology, Public Policy, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction |
Abstract | This paper focuses on the value of longitudinal micro-level data for policy centered research on behavioral and economic well-being. It provides examples of policy questions that can best be answered using such data and shows how they have been answered using data from four ongoing longitudinal panels--the BHPS (British Household Panel Study), the GSOEP (German Socio-Economic Panel), the HRS (Health and Retirement Study) and the PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics). Finally, it suggests a set of policy issues that can be considered using these data or from a national or a cross-national perspective. |
Notes | ProCite field 3 : Cornell U; Syracuse U |
URL | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.200.6915&rep=rep1&type=pdf |
Endnote Keywords | General Welfare/Basic Needs/Living Standards/Quality of Life/Economics of the Elderly/Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs/Retirement Policies/Public Policy/Well Being/HRS content and design |
Endnote ID | 1114 |
Citation Key | 6728 |