Salary History Bans Shrink Wage Gaps

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Written By Hennrietta Smith

A study by the University of Boston School of Law has found that the bans on requiring salary history from candidates or applicants has materially reduced the pay gap for applicants in those states/areas where they have been enacted. This result held true for both race and gender comparisons between areas with and without salary history bans.

Hennrietta Smith
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