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Is It Good When We Know How Much Our Boss Makes?

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Our findings suggest that these policies may be effective, but in a narrow sense: While transparency may pressure firms to reduce horizontal inequality (between peers), employees are unlikely to exert the same pressure to reduce vertical inequality (between employees and managers), which constitutes the bulk of pay inequality.”.

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How Do We Feel When We Know What Our Colleagues Earn?

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Since 2001 this process of snooping was made that bit easy by moving the records online. Similar laws exist in the other Scandinavian countries, and they have prompted much debate about the ethics of such a policy. In other words, did knowledge of their position in the income distribution affect their wellbeing?