Vox:
Gender gaps in performance among high-skilled professionals
12 July 2016
Gender gaps in earnings exist in high-skill industries despite male and female workers having similar educational backgrounds. This column uses evidence from the legal industry to assess how performance affects career outcomes across genders. Performance gaps, defined by hours billed and new revenue raised, explain a substantial share of the gender gaps in earnings, as women's working hours are affected by having young children while those of men are not. An important implication is that gender-based inequality in earnings and career outcomes might not decrease in the near future as more high-skilled workers are explicitly compensated based on performance.
This article was published online by Vox (blog) on July 12, 2016
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Related publications
Gender gaps in performance, Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer. Article in CentrePiece Volume 17, Issue 2, Autumn 2012
Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers, Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1136, October 2015 (revised from 2012)
Related links
Ghazala Azmat webpage
Growth Programme webpage