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  • Merit-based employment practices contribute to gender pay gap, study says

    Aug 23, 2021 8:45 am by Phil CicioraResearch
    Eunmi Mun, a professor of labor and employment relations at Illinois. Photo by School of Labor and Employment Relations

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    • Eunmi Mun, a professor of labor and employment relations at Illinois. Photo by School of Labor and Employment Relations

    Rather than reducing gender-based pay inequality by limiting managers’ reliance on factors such as gender bias and favoritism, a shift to meritocratic employment practices may actually widen the gap by preserving the status quo.