Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

被引：79
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作者：
Azmat, Ghazala [1 ,2 ]
Ferrer, Rosa [3 ,4 ]
机构：
[1] Queen Mary Univ London, Ctr Econ Performance, Ctr Econ Policy Res, London, England
[2] Queen Mary Univ London, Inst Study Labor IZA, London, England
[3] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Grad Sch Econ, Barcelona, Spain
[4] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Ctr Econ Policy Res, Barcelona, Spain
来源：
JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY | 2017年 / 125卷 / 05期
关键词：
UNITED-STATES; PAY; FERTILITY; CHILDREN; MARKET;
D O I：
10.1086/693686
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This paper documents the gender gap in performance among high-skilled professionals in the United States. On the basis of widely used performance measures in law firms, we find that male lawyers bill 10 percent more hours and bring in more than twice as much new client revenue as female lawyers. The differential impact across genders in the presence of young children and differences in aspirations to become a law firm partner account for a large share of the difference in performance. We show that accounting for performance has important consequences for gender gaps in lawyers' earnings and subsequent promotion.
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页码：1306 / 1355
页数：50
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