Pay Transparency and Gender Equality

Jack  Blundell; Emma Duchini; Stefania Simion; Arthur Turrell

doi:10.1257/pol.20220766

Pay Transparency and Gender Equality

Jack Blundell, Emma Duchini, Stefania Simion, Arthur Turrell

School of Economics

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Abstract

Since 2018, UK firms with at least 250 employees have been mandated to publicly disclose gender equality indicators. Exploiting variations in this mandate across firm size and time, we show that pay transparency closes 19 percent of the gender pay gap by reducing men’s pay growth. By combining different sources of data, we also provide suggestive evidence that the public availability of the equality indicators enhances public scrutiny. In turn, employers more exposed to public scrutiny seem to reduce their gender pay gap the most.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	418-445
Number of pages	28
Journal	American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20220766
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2025

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