The phrase "a more salient effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the prominence or significance of an effect in a particular context, often in academic or analytical writing.
Example: "The new policy resulted in a more salient effect on employee productivity compared to previous measures."
Alternatives: "a more noticeable effect" or "a more prominent effect".
We found that work flexibility had a more salient effect on employee work-family conflict than providing care to both employees and their family.
By surveying 841 civil servants in Beijing, we found that practices of work flexibility have a more salient effect in reducing work-family conflict, and that both types of work stress increased work-family conflict.
Hypothesis 1a: Working poverty, when defined by both income deficiency and restricted standard of living, will have a more salient effect on our outcomes than will working poverty, as defined independently by income deficiency or restricted standard of living.
Could the Democrats have a more salient issue, when Americans feel this vulnerable?
Death is a more salient issue in their lives (Baltes and Baltes 1990; Ma 2002; Maxfield et al. 2007).
But the more salient effect these on-demand platforms are having on our labor force is encouraging part-time work as opposed to full-time work.
One possible explanation for the more salient effect of PA's health benefits on PA level in older people than in younger people is that older people usually have more health problems, therefore consider PA health benefits more important for them than younger people do.
When the target was a singleton and the distractor was a more salient singleton, proximity effects were observed.
But scaling sales is a more salient skill still!
The band played "All You Need is Love," which seemed a more salient point than whether the bride wore white.
And with the Bank of England suggesting that interest rate rises are imminent, this is becoming a more salient point.
