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October 31, 2023
It Takes Two
…influences on their children? These questions matter, because, in the real world, the alternative to children living with a single parent is not always two nurturing, married, biological parents who…
October 17, 2023
Understanding Poverty Measurement
COSM scholars and AEI affiliates include some of the nation’s foremost experts on poverty measurement. On October 17, COSM gathered several of these scholars to provide a primer on opportunity…
September 15, 2023
Putting This Year’s Poverty Numbers in Context
On Tuesday, the Census Bureau released its latest income and poverty estimates covering calendar year 2022, including two assessments of poverty in America. One, called the Official Poverty Measure (OPM),…
September 12, 2023
Measuring Poverty: The New Census Estimates and the Future of Poverty Measurement
…New Census Income and Poverty Estimates for 2022 Panelists: Angela Rachidi, Rowe Scholar, AEI Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, AEI Scott Winship, Director, Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility, AEI Moderator:…
September 6, 2023
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…to choose commuting to work if someone did both in the survey week. The ACS thus misses shorter stints of working at home, and that only really matters after the…
July 28, 2023
It Really Is More Expensive to Give Everyone $1 Than to Give Some People $1
In a piece from last year, Matt Bruenig of the People’s Policy Project argues (in the title of the piece) “Universal Benefits Cost Less Than Means-Tested Benefits.” He lays out his central…
June 22, 2023
The Cost of Thriving Has Fallen: Correcting and Rejecting the American Compass Cost-of-Thriving Index
…after taking them into account. Moreover, assessing changes in family affordability in this way, no matter how carefully done, hides improvement over time. While Cass objects to standard inflation adjustment…
May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
…encourages volunteerism.[42] Other features of the LDS church, however, are institutional matters. One reason social support among LDS church members is high has to do with the way the church…
April 28, 2023
Social Capital: What Is It?
…individuals themselves that matters. Social capital can be more valuable because of the number of relationships involved or because of the qualities of those relationships. Important qualities include attributes of…
April 18, 2023
Introduction to The Social Breakdown
…do together matters. Social capital derives from our participation in—and belonging to—society’s “middle layers.” These middle layers are the myriad institutions, associations, and communities between the individual and the state….