Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps
James Bessen interviewed in The Brink on the effects of salary history bans on wages for women and Blacks.
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How Salary History Bans Can Raise Wages for Female and Black Workers
James Bessen quoted in NPR Marketplace on the effects of salary history bans on women and Blacks.
A Worker’s Past Pay Shouldn’t Dictate Future Earnings
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Bloomberg for their working paper showing the effect of salary history bans on Blacks and women.
Declining Industrial Dynamism
James Bessen, Erich Denk, Joowon Kim, and Cesare Righi
New research shows the effects of investments in IT on reducing turnover among dominant firms.
New Study Shows That Asking for Salary History Perpetuates Systemic Racism
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Newsweek on the positive impact of salary history bans on women and Blacks.
Salary History Bans Are Actually Helping Women and Black People
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Quartz on the benefits to women and Blacks from salary history bans.
Black, Female Workers Benefit Most from Bans on Asking About Salary Histories
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Bizjournals on the benefits to women and Blacks from salary history bans.
Salary History Bans Boost Pay
James Bessen interviewed on Yahoo Finance on the effects of salary history bans on wages for women and minorities.
Research Finds Salary History Bans Help Women And Black Workers
Erich Denk and Chen Meng quoted in Forbes about the effects of salary history bans on workers’ salaries.
Study Finds Salary History Bans Boost Pay for African-Americans, Women
James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in the Wall Street Journal, about the effectiveness of salary history bans in reducing the pay gap for women and minorities.