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"&lt;p&gt;A key component of North Carolina's recent pattern of growth is rising income inequality; an issue that has received renewed attention at the national and local scales and which is by all accounts as severe as the 1920s. As North Carolina leaders seek to craft effective economic development policy on a range of issues, they operate against a labor market backdrop that is fundamentally different from past recoveries.&amp;nbsp; This site will provide a detailed compendium of the nature of low-wage work in North Carolina and will document the extent and prevalence of jobs that pay a wage that is below a level that is socially optimal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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