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Weatherhead School’s Susan Helper explains how employers could fill jobs by raising wages

Tax cuts might create jobs. But where are the workers?

CNNSusan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, explained how employers could fill jobs by raising wages. “Employers really aren’t trying that hard. If you really want to fill a position, you would raise the wage,” she said. “Employers seem extremely reluctant to raise wages.”