Neighborhood Economic Development and Local Working: The Effect of Nearby Jobs on Where Residents WorkFootnote

* Therese McGuire, David Merriman, Joseph Persky, and Wim Wiewel provided important suggestions on earlier drafts of this paper. I would also like to thank Susan Hanson and three anonymous referees for their close attention and helpful comments.

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