A recent study by the Rockwool Foundation Berlin found that men are more likely than women to use outside job opportunities as leverage to negotiate higher pay in their existing jobs. This helps drive the persistent gender wage gaps.
Key Findings
The study estimates that renegotiation accounts for around half of the gender pay gap. Among workers in the same workplace and occupation, men earn on average 8% more than women. The researchers based their study on employees who heard of outside job openings from parents or siblings at other firms.
Women generally appeared to change jobs rather than using them to negotiate a pay rise; men, by contrast, were more likely to obtain pay increases without leaving. The EU Pay Transparency Directive came into force in June and is expected to improve information about pay differences within firms. However, the findings suggest pay transparency alone may not close gender gaps.
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