commuting drop off discretely at state borders. People are three times as likely to move to a county 15 miles away, but in the … counties or counties in the same commuting zone. Standard economic explanations, which emphasize differences in utility or …

commuting drop off discretely at state borders. People are three times as likely to move to a county 15 miles away, but in the … counties or counties in the same commuting zone. This pattern is not explained by differences in county characteristics, is not …. These counties also exhibit less in-migration and in-commuting, suggesting the lack of mobility leads to slower labor market …