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Wage Transparency Act against wage discrimination: much effort, little benefit?

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  • Andreas Peichl
  • Julia Schricker
  • Henrike von Platen
  • Ulf Rinne
  • Hilmar Schneider
  • Ute Klammer
  • Christina Boll
  • Ingo Weller
  • Lena Göbel

Abstract

Germany’s Wage Transparency Act came into force in January 2018. It aims to reduce wage differences between men and women and create more transparency in corporate salary structures. The act grants people who work at companies with more than 200 employees the right to ask their employer for information about a colleague’s salary. How is the Wage Transparency Act being received in practice?

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  • Andreas Peichl & Julia Schricker & Henrike von Platen & Ulf Rinne & Hilmar Schneider & Ute Klammer & Christina Boll & Ingo Weller & Lena Göbel, 2019. "Wage Transparency Act against wage discrimination: much effort, little benefit?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 72(04), pages 03-26, February.
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    JEL classification:

    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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