Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
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Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
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Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#2I found this to be really interesting:
"The researchers were especially surprised by the way in which the companies adapted to the regulation – by slowing the growth of men’s wages, not increasing women’s."
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#3Conclusions that the companies hired more women because of it are a bit weird to draw since every company that would be a comparison in the country also has to follow the same rules?
And ofc it's solved by lowering the growth of male wages :D Business
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#4I found this to be really interesting: "The researchers were especially surprised by the way in which the companies adapted to the regulation – by slowing the growth of men’s wages, not increasing women’s."
I'm not sure how else they would behave. Increasing the salaries of all the women would be like admitting to discrimination, wouldn't it?
Edit: I mean that instantly increasing the salaries would be like an admission.
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#5I couldn't find an N of the study.
It seems important to me in order to ascertain the statistical significance of this. Were there 10 companies in one group? 100? 1000? Did anyone else see this in the study?
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#6I found this to be really interesting: "The researchers were especially surprised by the way in which the companies adapted to the regulation – by slowing the growth of men’s wages, not increasing women’s."
This is entirely unsurprising given the mechanism. Disclosure makes companies not want to give anyone a raise as an individual because then everyone else will know about it and want one too.
Then mean wages go down, but if more of the raises had been going to men then wages for men go down even more.
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#7Conclusions that the companies hired more women because of it are a bit weird to draw since every company that would be a comparison in the country also has to follow the same rules? And ofc it's solved by lowering the growth of male wages :D Business
No, they were comparing companies that didn't need to follow the regulation (companies with 24-34 employees) with companies that did (35+ employees).
Of course, the problem with this is twofold:
1. Companies with 2. Companies with 35 employees. I do not think that variable was accounted for in any way by the study and that is problematic.
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#8I found this to be really interesting: "The researchers were especially surprised by the way in which the companies adapted to the regulation – by slowing the growth of men’s wages, not increasing women’s."
I experienced this first hand and as a result I departed for greener pastures. Isn't diversity a great thing when it suppresses wages, no wonder all the big boys are pushing for it.
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#9I found this to be really interesting: "The researchers were especially surprised by the way in which the companies adapted to the regulation – by slowing the growth of men’s wages, not increasing women’s."
I'm not sure how else they would behave. Increasing the salaries of all the women would be like admitting to discrimination, wouldn't it? Edit: I mean that instantly increasing the salaries would be like an admission.
How does depressing men's wages not do the same?
Re: Gender pay gap shrinks when companies disclose wages
#10Very logical. Well, it gets to 0 if the pay is fixed.
You don't have much companies using that in the West