This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike … other high-skilled professions, the legal profession assesses performance using transparent measures that are widely used … clear evidence of a gender gap in annual performance with respect to both measures. Male lawyers bill ten percent more hours …

analyzes the performance of individual firms, drawing on the study of rich micro data, to understand their different capacity … explaining export performance during the pandemic: i) firm size, ii) diversification of export markets, iii) importer status of … the firm, iv) distance from foreign suppliers, and v) performance of the firm's suppliers and customers. The results are …