Bertrand, Marianne; Hallock, Kevin F. - 2021
This paper studies the gender compensation gap among high-level executives in US corporations. We use the ExecuComp … are less likely to be CEO, Chair, or President of their company. The unexplained gender gap can be reduced to less than 5 …. Over the period under study, women have nearly tripled their participation in the top executive ranks and have also …