Valley restaurants are finally busy, but struggle to hire enough employees

Associate Professor of Economics Alexander Bick hypothesizes why the restaurant industry is struggling to find employees.

Associate Professor of Economics Alexander Bick hypothesizes why the restaurant industry is struggling to find employees.

In this story published April 11, 2021, in the Phoenix Business Journal:

Say you can work for an online retailer or as a waiter for roughly the same earnings and benefits. The online retailer most likely will give you more job security than the waiter job because the latter you might lose again if virus cases go up a lot.

– Alexander Bick, associate professor of economics