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Male lawyers bill ten percent more hours and bring in more than twice the new client revenue than do female lawyers.

Topic: Workplace

Source

Citation: Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

Author(s): Azmat, Ferrer

Institution(s): London School of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Link: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers2.cfm?abstract_id=2673619

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2015

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

“Whereas individual and firm characteristics explain up to 50 percent of the earnings gap, the inclusion of performance measures explains a substantial share of the remainder. Performance measures also explain a sizeable share of the gender gap in promotion.”