We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law … sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross-country variation in gender gaps and how … these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the entry level in most countries by the end …

and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … several explanations, we conclude that the gender gap in political career progression is consistent with the existence of a …This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service …

This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … career paths, and we randomize whether a professional receives a message from a male or a female student. We focus the … experimental design and analysis on two career attributes that prior research has shown to differentially affect the labor market …

We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers … abstain from investing in a career as a manager. The average female manager will then be better at mitigating more intense …

difference-in-discontinuities design, I then show that the gender gap in the probability of being elected has long …-lasting effects on career trajectories. Women are substantially less likely than men to win future elections and to climb the …

We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers … abstain from investing in a career as a manager. The average female manager will then be better at mitigating more intense …