Opportunity & Social Mobility
The Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) conducts rigorous research and develops evidence-based policies aimed at expanding opportunity in America by reducing entrenched poverty, increasing upward mobility, and rebuilding social capital. In doing so, COSM is attentive to trade-offs, unintended consequences, the strengths of markets, and the importance of work and family. COSM champions personal responsibility and agency while acknowledging external barriers to achievement.
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AEI on Opportunity is a biweekly newsletter featuring research aimed at expanding opportunity in America, reducing entrenched poverty, increasing upward mobility, closing opportunity gaps facing disadvantaged children, and renewing America’s associational life.