The impact of salary range size on pay equity outcomes under NYC pay transparency law 2022/59

Last registered on March 13, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
The impact of salary range size on pay equity outcomes under NYC pay transparency law 2022/59
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0011024
Initial registration date
March 01, 2023

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It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
March 13, 2023, 8:37 AM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

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Primary Investigator

Name
Lisa Bates
Affiliation
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-10-01
End date
2024-12-31
Keywords
Gender, Labor
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Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We plan to collect experimental data among NYC job seekers 12 months after enactment of Local Law 2022/59 to assess the impact of manipulated pay range sizes in hypothetical job advertisements on pay expectations and intended asks. We seek to determine if there is a differential impact of pay range size by gender, racial/ethnic group membership, and income level/type.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Bates, Lisa. 2023. "The impact of salary range size on pay equity outcomes under NYC pay transparency law 2022/59." AEA RCT Registry. March 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.11024-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Active job seekers in the NYC labor market will be randomized to be exposed to two experimental conditions: 1) narrow salary/hourly wage ranges; 2) wide salary/hourly wage ranges; and one control condition (no specific pay information) in hypothetical job advertisement.
Intervention Start Date
2024-10-01
Intervention End Date
2024-12-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
We seek to determine of pay range information influences choices of jobs to apply to, pay expectations, initial pay asks, and hypothetical outcomes.
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Secondary Outcomes

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Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants exposed to different scenarios in hypothetical job advertisements to evaluate how they report they would respond to presented salary information.
Experimental Design Details
Not available
Randomization Method
By computer
Randomization Unit
Individuals
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
1,200
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
400
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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