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Neighborhoods, Cities, and Economic Mobility
Patrick Sharkey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2016, 2 (2) 159-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.2.07
Patrick Sharkey
aAssociate professor of sociology at New York University

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Patrick Sharkey
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2016, 2 (2) 159-177; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.2.07





