Organisational gender pay gaps in the UK: What happened post-transparency?

Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090 and Kaya, Ezgi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-2649 2026. Organisational gender pay gaps in the UK: What happened post-transparency? The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 10.1515/bejeap-2024-0471

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Abstract

Since April 2017 UK employers with over 250 employees have been required to publicly report their gender pay gap each year. We exploit this novel source of panel data on employer-level gender pay gaps to explore the factors associated with changing organisational gender pay gaps in the period immediately following transparency. Consistent with information, reflection and pressure brought by the legislation, we find greater narrowing of gender pay gaps in organisations with a larger absolute and relative initial gender pay gap. The latter is consistent with transparency per se providing a channel through which the impact of the legislation operates.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
ISSN:	2194-6108
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 August 2026
Date of Acceptance:	8 August 2026
Last Modified:	25 Aug 2026 11:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/189173

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