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1. United States Census Bureau's [Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics](https://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/) (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data.
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The LODES data program collects information on employee addresses and workplaces from state unemployment insurance programs. It includes all workers who are on a normal payroll, but it does not include self-employed people. Every job is paired with a worksite, even if the employee works remotely. In this way, the LODES data can reveal remote workers in distant city-pairs. See the official LODES documentation for further details.
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The LODES data program collects information on employee addresses and workplaces from state unemployment insurance programs. It includes all workers who are on a normal payroll, but it does not include self-employed people. Every job is paired with a worksite, even if the employee works remotely. In this way, the LODES data can reveal remote workers in distant city-pairs.
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There are limitations with LODES data that are worth recognizing. These shortcomings are described well in [The US Census Longitudinal Employer-
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Household Dynamics datasets](https://openjournals.wu.ac.at/region/paper_251/251.html) and include the data not covering the entire workforce and complexities in geocoding where jobs are located. See the official LODES documentation for further details.
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Input data is built and cached by [DVC](https://dvc.org). The total size of all input and output data is around 50 GB.
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