Child Poverty and Social Mobility: Lessons for Research and Policy

美国总统奥巴马最近将社会流动性下降和不平等加剧描述为“我们这个时代的决定性挑战”。但社会流动性不仅仅是美国决策者关心的问题。在英国，各个政治派别都强烈希望制定政策，改善贫困儿童的终身机会。与社会流动和儿童贫困委员会合作，该委员会是根据《儿童贫困法》和《福利改革法》成立的一个非部门公共机构，由Alan Milburn议员担任主席，该系列研讨会的目的是汇集英国和国际领先的学者（来自各个学科）；政策制定者和其他主要利益相关者（包括智库和慈善机构）介绍和讨论该领域的最新研究成果和政策思想。通过直接与委员会合作，该系列研讨会将为研究人员提供一个无与伦比的机会，使他们能够跨越白厅内部的部门界限，并有可能接触到中央和地方政府。

In the US President Obama recently described falling social mobility, together with rising inequality, as the "defining challenge of our time". But social mobility is not only a concern for US policy makers. In the UK across the political spectrum there is a strong desire to develop policies that will improve the lifetime opportunities of poor children. Working with the Commission on Social Mobility and Child Poverty - a non-departmental public body established in statute by the Child Poverty Act and the Welfare reform Act and chaired by the Rt Hon Alan Milburn - the aim of this seminar series will be to bring together leading UK and international scholars (from across disciplines); policy makers and other key stakeholders (including think-tanks and charities) to present and debate the latest research findings and policy thinking in this area. By working directly with the Commission the seminar series will present an unparalleled opportunity for researchers to inform and engage directly with policy makers, cutting across Departmental boundaries within Whitehall, and potentially reaching both central and local government.