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Wage Transparency and The Gender Pay Gap: A Survey

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We survey the small but growing literature on how wage transparency affects the pay gap between men and women in comparable jobs. Pay transparency reforms are implemented in many countries and we categorise these policy reforms according to their content and coverage. Evidence from Denmark, Canada, and UK document that transparency reforms causally reduce the gender wage gap. The main channel is through reducing the growth of male wages and less through increasing female wages. Finally, we discuss implementation costs related to the different categories of policy reforms.

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  • Bennedsen, Morten & Larsen, Birthe & Wei, Jiayi, 2022. "Wage Transparency and The Gender Pay Gap: A Survey," Working Papers 11-2022, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:cbsnow:2022_011
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    Wage Transparency; Gender Pay Gap; Policy Reforms;
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    • 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
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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