 Bridging the gap: Applying analytics to address gender pay inequityDavid Anderson, Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir and David Gaddis Ross Production and Operations Management, 2023, vol. 32, issue 6, 1846-1864 Abstract: Employers are under increasing pressure from regulators, investors, and their own employees to address gender pay inequity in their compensation structure. However, managers tasked with measuring and closing gender and other pay gaps have few helpful quantitative tools at their disposal. We design and implement an algorithm that measures whether an employer has a pay gap and suggests salary adjustments to close it, all while supporting the employer's goals with respect to equity, culture, and incentives in its pay structure. We present our approach through a case study of one of the first firms we worked with. We also discuss the application of the approach at other organizations ranging from 75 to 130,000 employees. Our work not only provides management personnel with an accessible solution to a problem of growing social and practical importance but also demonstrates how the operations management toolkit may be applied to improve human resources management and address an important social problem. Date: 2023 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:popmgt:v:32:y:2023:i:6:p:1846-1864 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Production and Operations Management is currently edited by Kalyan Singhal More articles in Production and Operations Management from Production and Operations Management Society |
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