http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/
1968年,密歇根大学的调查研究中心开始收集各类关于个人,家庭的数据。其中包罗万象,从收入,职业,教育背景,贷款,医疗保险甚至到孩子的时间分配,零用钱等等都有所关注。
1968年时,参与调查的有4800个家庭,而到2001年时,这个数目已经增加到7000个。PSID追踪了65000个个人在36年间的生活和各类经济活动。
一些比较有意思的关于PSID的研究课题包括了
Game-theoretic interactions among family members (market work and housework of spouses, control of finances measured as of 1999, separate pensions and intrafamily bargaining);
Theories of the impact of technical change on earnings and life-course mobility across occupations and industries;
Models of spatial equilibrium and neighborhood effects tested by spatial analysis models using geocode data as input;
Models of bequests and altruism tested with savings, wealth and gifts measures;
Models of intergenerational mechanisms in social and economic life tested with multigenerational data;
Life-course stress and mortality theories tested with long-term health and mortality measures;
Theories of social acceptance or ‘stigma’ tested with models used to understand the rise in bankruptcy beyond that predicted by financial gains from declaring bankruptcy under Title 7 or 13;
Changes in welfare and incentives for saving by low income families;
Long-term effects of economic conditions of the family during early childhood;
Family adaptation to change, including immigration to the United States;
How labor markets adjust and workers make commitments to large durables (autos) during different stages of the business cycle;
How strong the spending stimulus is from the ‘wealth effect’ of stock market gains;
Whether the wealth effect, including wealth from pension balances in equities, can explain much of the low U.S. savings rate;
Participation of younger and less educated employees in company-sponsored pension plans;
Long-term effects of health capital as indexed by healthful activities, nutrition and maintaining proper weight on economic well-being;
Models of product space competition—how consumers select among the bewildering array of vehicle types;
How income and wealth mobility compare in the United States, Sweden and Germany;
What share of total wealth is in the form of pensions and whether it protects the ‘grasshoppers’ (those with hyperbolic discounting) who would otherwise save little for retirement;
Whether Baby Boomers really are bigger spendthrifts than earlier cohorts and if so, whether this is because they expect transfers from their parents;
Cross-national comparative research on demographic trends and behavior;
Multidisciplinary and life-course research on the roles that the family, school and neighborhood play in fostering or hindering children's learning at home and at school;
Social and economic determinants and consequences of caring for elderly parents;
Time use studies as indicators of social and economic well-being of children;
The effect of early human capital investment on children’s development;
Patterns, causes and consequences of union formation behavior; and
Family processes as mediators of how socio-economic characteristics, neighborhood and policies affect children’s cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being.
下面简单介绍一下如何使用PSID数据库
可点击察看使用指南
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/Guide/ug/tablcont.html
点击打开数据中心
打开后请点击右上角“Login”注册用户名(红圈圈内),这是下载数据必须的
对于数据的搜索有四种方法(黄色方框内)
按文件搜索,在这里数据是按年份排列,紫色方框点击后会出现数据简介,选定所需数据可直接点"Add To Cart"
按索引搜索,在这里数据按名称排列,绿色方框内代表收集该数据的年份,同样可以选定后点"Add To Cart"
如果对所需数据有明确概念,比如“1970年工资”,可以选择按搜索,选定特定年份后输入关键词。点击紫色键查看问卷原题,选定后点"Add To Cart"
选定数据后可以到“My Cart”查看选定的数据,确认无误后点击“Checkout”会出现数据下载页面。请选定所需数据格式——Subsetting Criteria里可以设定你对数据的要求,比如AGE<50等等,点击“Submit”
等数据生成后就可以下载使用了! =)
PSID可以算是美国最齐全的社会科学数据库之一。美联储,花旗银行等很多研究都是建立在PSID的数据库之上。
详细介绍
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/Guide/Overview.html
数据下载示例
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/Guide/tutorials/Default.aspx
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