BEIS is striving to create fairer, inclusive and flexible workplaces so that everyone has the change to succeed, whilst balancing home and work life. We will unlock enterprise and cut burdens to help businesses start and grow, while reforming corporate governance and improving boardroom diversity. To that end, BEIS needs research to better understand the following:
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The median gender pay gap has declined dramatically in the UK from 36.4% in the 1970 (O'Reilly, Smith et al. 2015) to around 18% in the most recent data (ONS 2018). Still, by international standards the pay gap is high: ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
The project investigates the gender pay gap and the role of employers, but does not directly address the impact of gender pay gap reporting.
Nearly half a century after Britain's Equal Pay Act the convergence of men's and women's pay is slow and incomplete. Although the trend in the gender wage gap (GWG) is towards convergence, for any given birth cohort the ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project explores the gender wage gap over time and across cohorts, but does not specifically examine the effect of gender pay gap reporting.
My research interests lie in the areas of labor and personnel economics, with a focus on understanding how labor market frictions affect workers' career trajectories and corporate behavior. In my work, I explore this top...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies
The project focuses on gender inequalities and labor market frictions, but does not directly address the gender pay gap or the impact of reporting it.