Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272444 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15817
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the ongoing impact of gender pay gap transparency legislation using a sudden COVID-19-induced temporary suspension to legislation in the UK. Compared to organisations that did not report during the suspension year, reporting organisations have a 6% lower gender pay gap a year later. This is driven by a relative increase in females in the top pay quartile at the same time as rising female concentration in the workforce overall. Further analysis supports the hypothesis that ongoing reporting is most effective in organisations with weaker pre-existing pressures to narrow their gender pay gap through female representation and voice.
Subjects: 
gender pay gap
pay transparency
equality legislation
COVID-19
JEL: 
J31
J38
J78
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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