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Title: Q. and A.: If Workers Are Scarce, Is It the Work or the Wages?

*Author:* Patricia Cohen

*Source:* NY Times

*Date:* July 13, 2017 Summary: The labor market is stumping even the experts. The unemployment rate is near a 16-year low, and employers are fretting about their inability to find reliable workers. That shortage of workers should prompt an increase in wages. Link: http://nyti.ms/2vkfBP0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Eugene McElroy, Library Associate James Carey Library, School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick NJ 08901 848-932-9513 smlrlibrary@work.rutgers.edu http://smlr.rutgers.edu/carey-library