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Explained Pay-Gap Share
Portion of a between-cohort raw pay gap attributable to legitimate measured factors (Oaxaca–Blinder explained component, β_B convention).
How it’s computed
explained_gap / raw_gap (explained_gap = beta_B · mean_delta_x)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Explained Pay-Gap Share can tell roughly 22 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to compensation & benefits
A real gradient — now ask if it's pointed at value
compensation · T1
Below the market, across the board
compensation · T1
One group sits apart on a decision that should be neutral
fairness-equity · T1
Pay is drifting from plan
compensation · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
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What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“It allows for the direct estimation of protected group effects on compensation, as well as an estimation of how factors explaining compensation contribute differently to the compensation of different protected groups.Formally, the interactive model of pay equity takes the…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 53%
“Academy of Management Perspectives [February 2007])Blau and Kahn also found that accounting for education reduces the raw wage gap by 6.7%.6 This is consistent with research by the U.S. Department of Labor, which found that women were more likely than men to graduate from high…”
— Compensating Employees Fairlymatch 53%
“It is calculated by dividing the sum of salary increase amounts for all eligible employees by the eligible payroll. Both the numerator and the denominator include those who were eligible and participated but received no increase.[C4, GR4]AwardAn amount of cash, a prize, a symbol…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 52%
Resources: Compensating Employees Fairly · Worldatwork Handbook Compensation