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Labor Department study shows high unemployment in urban ghettos
The Labor Department report finds unemployment in city slums about three times the national average with one in three residents facing serious employment problems. It notes standard measures miss underemployment and low wage work and introduces a subemployment index based on those actively seeking work, part time workers seeking full time work, and low earnings among others. Data from New York City East Harlem and Central Harlem plus Bedford Stuyvesant show slum rates far above national levels, and the study argues poverty stems from personal handicaps rather than national economic conditions.
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