Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers
利用律师事务所的绩效数据，发现男律师比女律师多计费10%的工时，并带来两倍以上的新客户收入，而幼龄子女和晋升抱负的差异解释了大部分绩效差距，进而影响收入与晋升。
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.