Pay Differences among the Highly Paid: The Male-Female Earnings Gap in Lawyers' Salaries
基于密歇根大学法学院毕业生的详细数据，分析男女律师在收入上的差距，发现照顾孩子导致的职业中断显著降低工资，但即使控制多种因素，仍有四分之一到三分之一的差距无法解释。
This article uses very detailed information on graduates of the University of Michigan Law School to examine male-female pay differences in that population. Men and women in this population have virtually identical human capital on graduation from law school, allowing the authors to examine carefully the different impact of children and work history on men's and women's careers and earnings. Taking time from work in order to care for children reduces wages significantly, but a rich set of controls, including childcare, work history, school performance, and job setting measures, still leave one-fourth to one-third of the earnings gap unexplained. Copyright 1993 by University of Chicago Press.