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April 20, 2000
“When employers say they can’t find people, they mean they can’t find people at the wage they’re willing to pay.”
Janice Madden, Robert C. Daniels Term Professor of Urban Studies,
Sociology and
Real Estate, on the low rate of young adults finding employment in Philadelphia
(The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10)
Originally published on April 20, 2000
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