Labor markets are not perfectly competitive: Monopsony power enables employers to pay
workers less than the marginal revenue product of labor. We review three theoretical …

Gender differences in negotiation are seen as contributing to the persistent gender gaps in
labor market outcomes. We review the literature on interventions aiming to mute differences …

This paper studies firms' and employees' responses to pay transparency requirements. Each
year since 2018, more than 10,000 UK firms have been required to disclose publicly their …

Pay gaps for women and minorities have persisted after accounting for observable
differences. Why? If employers can access applicants' salary histories while bargaining over …

Could a salary history ban (SHB) reduce the gender wage gap? Proponents of this
intervention believe the gap is sustained by the practice of eliciting salary histories from job …

The economics literature has made important strides towards explaining the dynamics of
labor markets. While that literature focuses on studying labor markets at the individual …

Human capital is a major impetus for technological innovation. We examine the relation
between the technological dimension of product market competition and the disclosure of …

As of 2019, salary history bans were enacted by 17 states and Puerto Rico with the stated
purpose of reducing the gender pay gap. We argue that salary history bans may negatively …

We study how salary disclosures affect employer demand using a field experiment featuring
hundreds of recruiters and over 2,000 job applications. We randomize the presence of …

No–poaching clauses (NPCs) have recently come under scrutiny due to their potentially anti–
competitive impact on wages. However they can also enhance efficiency. We use data from …