Pham, Tho; Schäfer, Daniel; Singleton, Carl - 2026 - First version: September 2024, this version: January 2026
National payroll data reveal that men are paid more than women when they enter firms in Great Britain. Although this hiring wage gap has narrowed over the past two decades, it still accounts for over two-thirds of the steady-state gender pay gap – the wage gap that would eventually...