Do Gym Badges make it easier to catch high level Pokémon?

Question

When you earn a Gym Badge in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet the defeated leader mentions it will be easier to catch Pokémon up to a certain level.

I know Gym Badges make higher level Pokémon obey you, but does "easier to catch" mean badges also improve your catch rate for high level Pokémon?

Possibly Related. Though the question was for a Gen8 game, the answer might still become be applicable; or at least a similar mechanic was implemented — Wondercricket, Nov 22 '22 at 04:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '22 at 00:26

Yes, they do.
According to Serebii:

When the Pokémon are above the level of your current badge level, the catch rate is calculated at 0.8 to the power of each badge you don't have.

I tried to make this clearer with some numbers:

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