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The effect of mandatory salary revelations on job postings

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  • Duka, Zoga
  • Weber, Bryan S.

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We examine a nationwide state-level panel of job posting data from the well-known job site Indeed. We track the estimated impact of laws requiring salaries being included in the job posting — and discover an insignificant but persistent and consistent decline in the number of offerings in states passing such laws between the range of 1%–6%. This is particularly interesting given such salary bands are already established by the employers and therefore one might believe these values would be de minimis for employers to include.

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  • Duka, Zoga & Weber, Bryan S., 2025. "The effect of mandatory salary revelations on job postings," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 254(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:254:y:2025:i:c:s0165176525002605
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112423
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