Meeting on Developing a New
National Survey on Social Mobility

June 10, 2013

National Academy of Sciences
Room 201, Keck Center, 500 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

The National Science Foundation is sponsoring an expert meeting that will consider options for a design for a new national survey on social mobility. A steering committee has been formed and the expert meeting has been scheduled for June 10, 2013. At the meeting, top experts in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences will present concept papers addressing the main problems that must be solved in developing a new survey protocol. 
 

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U.S. Health in International Perspective

Although the United States spends more on health care than any other nation, a growing body of research shows that Americans are in poorer health and live shorter lives than people in many other high-income countries. The new report, U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health, synthesizes available research taking an in-depth look at this disadvantage in health and lifespan.

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Aging and the Macroeconomy

In the next four decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population.  The resulting demographic shift will have broad economic consequences for the U.S., says the report Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population. The long term effects on all generations will be mediated by how the nation responds and how quickly.

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Co-Chair, Ron Lee's Presentation on this report