Closing the Gap: Using Data to Drive Pay Equity

About this episode

This episode discusses how data analytics can address the gender pay gap and improve pay equity in the workplace.

Can good intentions alone close the gender pay gap? In this episode, David Anderson, PhD, associate professor of Economics, joins host Jonathan Doh, PhD, for a thoughtful conversation on how data analytics can reveal — and help fix — one of the workplace’s most persistent inequities. Dr. Anderson unpacks why some well-intentioned strategies for pay equity often fall short and how a more mathematical, evidence-based approach can lead to meaningful progress. Discover how data analysis can inform better policy, improve organizational practices, and ultimately advance equity in the modern workplace.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jonathan Doh, PhD, Jonathan Doh

Guests: David Anderson, PhD, David Anderson

Topics covered

• pay equity
• gender pay gap
• data analytics
• workplace inequities
• organizational practices
• evidence-based approach

Keywords

• gender pay gap
• data analytics
• pay equity
• workplace inequities
• organizational practices
• evidence-based approach

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Villanova School of Business, Economics

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