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Job Growth Not Cure for Poverty Across Cities
New research led by Harvard economist Ray Chetty finds that job booms from 1990 to 2010 did not lift poor residents in cities like Atlanta and Charlotte. Racial disparities and neighborhood factors kept many from gaining mobility, even as overall employment rose.
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