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Unequal hiring wages and their impact on the gender pay gap

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  • Tho Pham
  • Daniel Schaefer
  • Carl Singleton

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Payroll data from Great Britain reveal that men are paid more than women upon entry into firms. Although this hiring wage gap has narrowed over the past two decades, it still accounts for over two‐thirds of the steady‐state gender pay gap—the wage gap that would eventually prevail under constant employment levels. A significant part of this hiring wage gap is not explained by men and women working in different firms and occupations. Even when hiring men and women into the same job, there remains an unexplained hiring wage gap that favors men by 2.4 log points.

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  • Tho Pham & Daniel Schaefer & Carl Singleton, 2026. "Unequal hiring wages and their impact on the gender pay gap," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 64(4), pages 1434-1457, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecinqu:v:64:y:2026:i:4:p:1434-1457
    DOI: 10.1111/ecin.70085
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    2. Theodoropoulos, Nikos & Singleton, Carl, 2026. "Returns to Tenure: A Critical Assessment of the Evidence and Interpretation," IZA Discussion Papers 18705, IZA Network @ LISER.
    3. John Forth & Alex Bryson & Van Phan & Felix Ritchie & Carl Singleton & Lucy Stokes & Damian Whittard, 2026. "The Representativeness of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and Its Implications for UK Wage Policy," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 64(1), pages 21-36, March.
    4. Alex Bryson & John Forth & Lucy Stokes & Van Phan & Carl Singleton & Felix Ritchie & Damian Whittard, 2025. "Accounting for Firms in Ethnic Wage Gaps Across the Earnings Distribution," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers 570, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

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    JEL classification:

    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General

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