Architectures of Inequality

Gender Pay Inequity and Britain’s Finance Sector

Published June 24, 2024 by Bristol University Press.

ISBN:
978-1-5292-4508-0
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The gender pay gap is economically irrational and yet stubbornly persistent.

Focusing on the UK finance industry which is known for its gender pay disparity, this book explores the initiatives to fix gendered inequities in the workplace. Rachel Verdin crafts a unique framework, weaving extensive organizational data with women's lived experiences. Interviews uncover gaps in pay transparency, obstacles hindering workplace policies and the factors that are stalling progress for the future.

This is an invaluable resource that offers key insights into gender equality and EDI measures shaped by legal regulations as well as corporate-driven initiatives.

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A Good Combination of Macro and Qualitative Insight

This book combines a good historical overview of the legal push for gender fairness at work since the 1970s in the UK with in-depth interviews of workers in finance. Verdin also brings in some quantitative data on demographics across the British economy, although there's not much within firms. While there's not any grand revelations here, if you're interested in fairness at work or the finance industry this is a great book to pick up. Highly recommend

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