Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Enrollment in China's universities skyrocketed in the past twenty years, but rising youth unemployment is fueling concern. Are there enough jobs for all the graduates?

Eli Friedman (Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations) joins us to discuss why so many young Chinese have trouble finding work.
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