Pay transparency and the gender gap / by Michael Baker, Yosh Halberstam, Kory Kroft, Alexandre Mas, Derek Messacar.: CS11-0019/430E-PDF

"This paper examines the impact of public sector salary disclosure laws on university faculty salaries in Canada. These laws, which give the public access to the salaries of individual faculty members if they exceed specified thresholds, were introduced in different provinces at different points in time. Using detailed administrative data covering the universe of university faculty in Canada and an event-study research design, this study documented three key findings. First, the disclosure laws reduced salaries on average. Second, the laws reduced the gender wage gap between men and women. Third, the gender wage gap narrowed primarily in universities where faculty members are unionized"--Abstract, page 5.

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Department/Agency Statistics Canada. Analytical Studies Branch.
Title Pay transparency and the gender gap / by Michael Baker, Yosh Halberstam, Kory Kroft, Alexandre Mas, Derek Messacar.
Series title Analytical Studies Branch research paper series, 1205-9153 ; no. 430
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: La transparence salariale et l'écart entre les sexes.
"11F0019M No. 430."
"2019018."
"September 2019."
Issued also in HTML format.
Includes bibliographical references (page 24).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, 2019.
©2019
Author / Contributor Baker, Michael, 1959- author.
Halberstam, Yosh, author.
Kroft, Kory, author.
Mas, Alexandre, author.
Messacar, Derek, author.
Description 1 online resource (24 pages) : colour illustrations.
ISBN 9780660322438
Catalogue number
  • CS11-0019/430E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 11F0019M
Subject terms Teachers
Men
Women
Salaries
Statistics
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