Mining companies lured workers with the promise of an education for their children.

Any day now, they say, employers will have to respond by raising wages to lure and hold workers.

Most companies have responded to the shortage by trying to lure workers from farther afield.

In a free market, such shortages are supposed to push wages high enough to lure departed workers.

It has even failed to rescind formally the benefits mandated to lure workers.

Local business leaders and economic development professionals say it was necessary not only to bolster the local economy but to lure workers.

And expanding a staff without bidding up wages to lure scarce workers is not always easy.

Indeed, some companies in other states have sought to lure workers through newspaper advertisements that compare housing costs.

In another demonstration of how things have changed, some governors now find themselves facing labor shortages and competing to lure skilled workers.

Some schools have increased advertising budgets and stepped up their own recruiting to compete with companies trying to lure skilled workers.