Depressivity over the Life Course (Prof. Randy Olsen)

October 11, 2018

Open-Lab, 4th floor, East Building, Mita Campus, Keio University

Depressivity over the Life Course (Prof. Randy Olsen)

• Date: (Thu) October 11, 2018 10:45-12:15
• Open-Lab, 4th floor, East Building, Mita Campus, Keio University
Campus MAP[No.3]
• Speaker: Prof. Randy Olsen
Staff, the Center for Human Research (CHRR), and Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, the Ohio State University. Professor Olsen was the director of the CHRR and has been heavily involved with the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS) for over twenty years. He also works on other projects at CHRR, most of which are related to applied microeconomics.
• Language: English
• Entry fee: Free
This seminar is open to students, scholars and the public for free.
• In the United States, a commonly used measure to detect depression is the Center for Epidemiological Studies depression scale, known as the CES-D. Prof. Olsen and his research team use Item Response Theory (IRT) to determine 1) whether the items in the CES-D perform in a comparable manner over the life course, 2) the degree to which depressivity is stable, and 3) whether the variation in the estimated measures of depression can be explained based upon IRT. They utilize biennial data from three cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys: the Mature and Young women’s cohort, the Young Adult Survey and the NLSY79 mothers of the Young Adult Survey respondents.

Panel Data Research Center at Keio
Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University
Center for Research on Equality of Opportunity for Children
Supported by: MEXT KAKENHI 16H06323