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Kansas City workforce paralyzed by incentives to not work Stimulus checks play a role, UMKC professor says Kansas City workforce paralyzed by incentives to not work and last updated 2021-05-06 00:01:14-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. â As COVID-19 restrictions lift across the Kansas City metro, restaurants are able to increase their capacity to serve more customers. But many have chosen not to because there s a shortage of workers. And one finance expert said incentives for those without a job are playing a role in the shortage. The latest stimulus checks, I mean these are obviously a great help to people who are getting them, but the bottom line is they are a disincentive for people to go out and find a job again, said Stephen Pruitt, chair of finance at the Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. ....