innergamedude t1_itpxvdh wrote on October 25, 2022 at 1:30 PM

After the rooster crows, the sun rises. Cum hoc ergo propter hoc. E.g. states having abortion bans also saw their wages rise.

However,

>Colorado’s pay transparency law, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2021, resulted in a 1.5% boost in the labor force participation rate compared to Utah, a neighboring state without such a law, according to an analysis by research hub Recruitonomics.

>In the same period, however, Colorado job postings on Indeed fell comparatively more than in Utah by a margin of 8.2%, the study found.

>“Salary transparency laws add another step in the process to post a job; as well as repel recruiters unwilling to divulge pay ranges,” Recruitonomics said.

>Recruitonomics noted the study is limited, but used Utah as a comparison due to the state’s similar demographics and economic characteristics.

Sauce.

SainTheGoo t1_itqnej3 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:23 PM

So there should be a federal requirement, so states are still incentivized to make the process fairer for their workers.

innergamedude t1_itqonjc wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Yeah, that's a general finding for most business/commercial issues with respect to most worker or consumer protections: it's too easy to leave the state and set up shop across the state lines. This is really a federal-level issue, since this represents a coordination problem. People can make the same argument about the federal level, but the reality is it's much harder to leave the country to conduct business than to leave the state.