New Survey Reveals Women Negotiate More Than Men When Salaries Are Specifically Negotiable

A new survey debunks rumors that women don’t stand up for themselves when it comes to pay. That said, there’s a caveat: Women haggle more than men when salaries specifically state they’re negotiable in help wanted ads.

When instructions aren’t as explicit and the pay is more ambiguous, the report revealed that men haggle more than women.

We heard about this in The Wall Street Journal @Work blog but the new report issued by the National Bureau of Economic Review reviewed 2,400 responses to help wanted ads for admin assistants in nine U.S.

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