The findings suggest that policies aimed at increasing wage transparency (e.g., salary history bans, pay scale disclosures) could significantly impact the labor market. If workers learned their true outside options, turnover would increase, and wages would likely rise, narrowing the gap between productivity and pay.

“Someone wiped the logs,” said Dr. Ravi Patel, the project lead, rubbing his temples. “All we have is this file—an export of the model’s last state. It’s… corrupted.”

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