Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The property of being mobile or easily movable; susceptibility of motion or movement; readiness to move or change in response to impulse or slight force; hence, changeableness: as, mobility of features.
- noun Movement; motion.
- noun (mob-il′ i-ti). The populace; the mob: a use suggested by nobility.
- noun In phytogeography, the inherent capacity of a plant for migration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being mobile.
- noun Humorous The mob; the lower classes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being
mobile - noun countable A measure of the extent to which something is mobile
- noun countable The
movement of people or things - noun uncountable Ease of movement between economic conditions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of moving freely
Etymologies
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Examples
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"This is still a low point in mobility, which is the lifeblood of our labor market and is important for young people."
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Distributing small and medium sized packets thro poor roads, over long distances, into deep pockets of rural India and getting the stockiest to trust the mobility is a Herculean task.
RURAL MARKETING ? A CRITICAL REVIEW « Technology Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2010
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“This is still a low point in mobility, which is the lifeblood of our labor market and is important for young people.”
More American’s Moved Last Year But Not Long Distance | Impact Lab 2010
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The marines that went back with our camera that shot this, believe this is what they refer to as a mobility kill.
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To count this increase in income as a component of "mobility" is to use a significantly different definition of mobility than was employed in the other studies discussed above.
The Poor Get Richer, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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But I think that labor mobility is a really good thing.
Let's Increase Poverty, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One optimistic indicator of mobility is that wealth differences across siblings remain fairly high.
The Inequality Issue, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Your explanation of how modern economist calculate intergenerational income mobility is completely wrong.
Income Mobility, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Income mobility is measured by tracking the longitudinal incomes of a group of a people and then comparing their end results against * society* and against their beginning results.
Envy, Happiness, and Social Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Social mobility is measured by tracking the longitudinal incomes (and social status if you like) of a group of people and then comparing their end results against * each other*.
Envy, Happiness, and Social Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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