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  2. Global Social Mobility Index - Wikipedia

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    The Global Social Mobility Index is an index prepared by the World Economic Forum. The inaugural index from 2020 ranked 82 countries and has not been updated since. The Index measures social mobility holistically through 5 determinants. The findings from the index were then used in the World Economic Forum's Global Social Mobility Report 2020 ...

  3. Social mobility - Wikipedia

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    Social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, households or other categories of people within or between social strata in a society. [1] It is a change in social status relative to one's current social location within a given society. This movement occurs between layers or tiers in an open system of social stratification.

  4. Socioeconomic mobility in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Socioeconomic mobility in the United States refers to the upward or downward movement of Americans from one social class or economic level to another, [2] through job changes, inheritance, marriage, connections, tax changes, innovation, illegal activities, hard work, lobbying, luck, health changes or other factors.

  5. Economic mobility - Wikipedia

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    Economic mobility is the ability of an individual, family or some other group to improve (or lower) their economic status—usually measured in income. Economic mobility is often measured by movement between income quintiles. Economic mobility may be considered a type of social mobility, which is often measured in change in income.

  6. Social stratification - Wikipedia

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    Social mobility Social connectedness to people of higher income levels is a strong predictor of upward income mobility. However, data shows substantial social segregation correlating with economic income groups. Social mobility is the movement of individuals, social groups or categories of people between the layers or within a stratification ...

  7. Nordic model - Wikipedia

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    The Nordic model comprises the economic and social policies as well as typical cultural practices common in the Nordic countries ( Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden ). [1] This includes a comprehensive welfare state and multi-level collective bargaining [2] based on the economic foundations of social corporatism, [3] [4] and a ...

  8. Social Progress Index - Wikipedia

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    The Social Progress Index ( SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social ...

  9. Geographic mobility - Wikipedia

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    Geographic mobility is the measure of how populations and goods move over time. Geographic mobility, population mobility, or more simply mobility is also a statistic that measures migration within a population. Commonly used in demography and human geography, it may also be used to describe the movement of animals between populations.