Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

Azmat, Ghazala; Ferrer, Rosa

doi:10.1086/693686

“…8 Indeed, the lack of flexibility in the legal profession can lead to a performance gap. Azmat and Ferrer (2016) find that men outperform women by a large margin in the law profession using a variety of performance measures such as billable hours and number of new clients. They also find that measures of gender differences in performance explain a large share of the earnings gap that is unexplained after controlling for individual and firm characteristics.…”

Section: In Her Presidentialmentioning

confidence: 96%

Voting patterns and the gender wage gap

Adnan

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Miaari

²

2018

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Voting Patterns and the Gender Wage Gap JANUARY 2018Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but IZA takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The IZA Institute of Labor Economics is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues. Supported by the Deutsche Post Foundation, IZA runs the world's largest network of economists, whose research aims to provide answers to the global labor market challenges of our time. Our key objective is to build bridges between academic research, policymakers and society. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. Voting Patterns and the Gender Wage GapStriving for gender equality presents major challenges but the benefits are vast, ranging from reduced conflict, both within and between communities, to higher economic growth.Unfortunately Importantly, we find strong evidence of an association between a higher share of votes allocated to nationalist parties, in a given locality, and a larger, (adjusted), gender wage gap for both Jewish-Israelis and Arab-Israelis. JEL Classification:J21, J31, J61, J45, C14, C24 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYOur main results examine the effect of voter preferences, at the locality level, on wages and the gender wage gap for Jewish and Arab Israelis. Jewish and Arab political parties were categorized based on the language used in party platforms: Category 1 parties prioritize gender equity in many spheres, Category 2 parties focus on a nationalistic agenda and references to women's rights are largely limited to human rights, whereas Category 3 parties do not mention women in their platforms. A high share of Category 1 voters in a given locality is associated with both a sizeable premium and a gender-wage gap that increases at higher points of the wage distribution. Furthermore, the premium is reduced and the gender gap is eliminated when characteristics such as education and industry are accounted for. Localities with a high percentage of Category 3 voters earn the lowest wages, but with the except...

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“…In an analysis of the legal profession, Azmat and Ferrer (2016) show that part of the gender gap in earnings is explained by the poorer performance of women, where performance is measured using detailed individual data on billed hours and client revenue. They show that women bill fewer hours and acquire less client revenue than men.…”

Section: Occupational Segregationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries

Kunze

¹

2017

The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy

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Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then review methods used to decompose the gender wage gap and the results from such decompositions. We discuss how trends and differences in the gender wage gap across countries can be understood in light of non-random selection and human capital differences. We then review the evidence on demand-side factors used to explain the existing gender wage gap and then discuss occupational segregation. The chapter concludes with suggestions for further research.

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“…The KDF indicator measures a person's financial burden from outstanding consumer loans ranging between 1 (lowest financial burden) and 4 (highest financial burden). 4 The available verified information is complemented by voluntary provided unverified information. That is, on the platform one can chose one of several categories indicating one's employment status and, after a successful registration, one can voluntarily upload a profile picture and write a text describing oneself in greater detail.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measuring Applicant Quality to Detect Discrimination in Peer-to-Peer Lending

Weizsäcker

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Zankiewicz

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2017

SSRN Journal

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Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

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