How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Barach, Moshe; Horton, John J.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3518240

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“…Research could study how the dilemma can be solved, for example, through investigating how each parties' PID motives change. Historical pay bans can also be used to (causally) identify the functioning and effects of employer hiring tactics (Barach & Horton, 2021) and employee pay negotiations, particularly in influencing the gender pay gap.…”

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Pay Information Disclosure: Review and Recommendations for Research Spanning the Pay Secrecy–Pay Transparency Continuum

Brown

Nyberg

Striver

2022

Journal of Management

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The amount and type of pay information made available by organizations to employees and between employees can have important effects on employee attitudes and behaviors as well as organizational performance. Although a large body of research on pay information exists, on topics ranging from pay transparency to pay secrecy, researchers have used inconsistent definitions (pay secrecy, openness, transparency, pay communications) and operationalizations that hinder knowledge development. In this paper, consistent with the theory of information asymmetry and based on research reviewed here, we promote a new integrative definition (“pay information disclosure”) that anchors both current and future research. We define the concept of pay information disclosure (PID) as the communication of relevant pay information between and among actors. By viewing pay information disclosure research in an information asymmetry context, with its focus on the causes and consequences of unequal access to information, we can synthesize research that examines motives for and outcomes of PID for individuals, organizations, and society. Based on our review, we outline a research agenda that identifies research questions and methods to stimulate studies to better understand the role of pay information in the workplace and in society.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pay Information Disclosure: Review and Recommendations for Research Spanning the Pay Secrecy–Pay Transparency Continuum

Brown

Nyberg

Striver

2022

Journal of Management

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“…Online labor markets, on the other hand, yield rich data about employer-employee interactions and present the possibility of conducting experiments aimed at reducing bias and discrimination or other desired societal objectives. For instance, Barach and Horton [2017] look at the impact on hiring of hiding workers' wage history. Horton and Johari [2015], Horton [2018] look at the impact of trying to elicit additional information (features) from workers or firms, and the impact of this strategicallyreported information on hiring.…”

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Abebe

Goldner

2018

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Across various domains---such as health, education, and housing---improving societal welfare involves allocating resources, setting policies, targeting interventions, and regulating activities. These solutions have an immense impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals, whether in the form of access to quality healthcare, labor market outcomes, or how votes are accounted for in a democratic society. Problems that can have an outsized impact on individuals whose opportunities have historically been limited often pose conceptual and technical challenges, requiring insights from many disciplines. Conversely, the lack of inter-disciplinary approach can leave these urgent needs unaddressed and can even exacerbate underlying socioeconomic inequalities.

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“…Agrawal et al (2016) showed that information on past work experience disproportionately benefits workers from less developed countries, who might be statistically discriminated against. Barach and Horton (2021) recently showed that past compensation history is a particularly salient signal of worker quality.…”

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Do Microcredentials Help New Workers Enter the Market? Evidence from an Online Labor Platform

Kässi

Lehdonvirta

2022

J. Human Resources

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We investigate the effects of a voluntary microcredentialing scheme on an online freelancing labor market. Drawing on transaction-level data, we show that obtaining a microcredential increases workers' earnings. This effect is not driven by increased worker productivity but by decreased employer uncertainty. The increase in worker earnings is realized through an increase in the value of the projects won rather than an increase in the number of projects. We also find that the effect of microcredentials is lower for more experienced

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How Do Employers Use Compensation History?: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Cited by 11 publications

References 38 publications

Pay Information Disclosure: Review and Recommendations for Research Spanning the Pay Secrecy–Pay Transparency Continuum

Pay Information Disclosure: Review and Recommendations for Research Spanning the Pay Secrecy–Pay Transparency Continuum

Mechanism design for social good

Do Microcredentials Help New Workers Enter the Market? Evidence from an Online Labor Platform

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