Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/217008 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 8257
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world. The law firm studied is representative of multinational law firms and operates in 23 countries. The 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 of the period examined, there are persistent raw gender gaps at the top of the organization across all countries. We observe significant heterogeneity among countries in terms of gender gaps in promotions and wages, but the gaps that exist appear to be declining over the period studied. We also observe that women are more likely to report exiting the firm for family and work-life balance reasons, while men report leaving for career advancement. Finally, we show that various measures of national institutions and culture appear to play a role in the differential labor-market outcomes of men and women.
Subjects: 
gender gaps
human capital
job mobility
promotion
culture
legal sector
JEL: 
I26
J16
J62
M51
Z10
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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