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Old 10-19-2015, 03:27 PM   #391
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Even if the theory "there's always middle ground" is true, it only takes one side to refuse to admit it exists.

Unless you're saying that the "middle ground" in that situation is the other side doing everything that the refuser demands.
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Old 10-19-2015, 03:46 PM   #392
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Old 10-19-2015, 04:04 PM   #393
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Well, it's a slippery slope...
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Old 10-21-2015, 05:02 PM   #394
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Old 10-22-2015, 05:59 AM   #395
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A new study, behind a paywall except this synopsis.
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Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

Ghazala Azmat London School of Economics

Rosa Ferrer Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences; Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)

October 2015 CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10867
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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 and comparable across firms: the number of hours billed to clients and the amount of new client revenue generated. We find clear evidence of a gender gap in annual performance with respect to both measures. Male lawyers bill ten percent more hours and bring in more than twice the new client revenue than do female lawyers. We demonstrate that the differential impact across genders in the presence of young children and differences in aspirations to become a law firm partner account for a large share of the difference in performance. We also show that accounting for performance has important consequences for gender gaps in lawyers’ earnings and subsequent promotion. Whereas individual and firm characteristics explain up to 50 percent of the earnings gap, the inclusion of performance measures explains a substantial share of the remainder. Performance measures also explain a sizeable share of the gender gap in promotion.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 59
Keywords: gender gaps, high-skilled professionals, performance measures
JEL Classification: J16, J44, K40, M52
Sorry to hear this. Their reasoning about family and goals seems sound, but in law, I wonder how much influence the old boy network holds sway?
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Old 10-23-2015, 07:58 PM   #396
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Even if the theory "there's always middle ground" is true, it only takes one side to refuse to admit it exists.

Unless you're saying that the "middle ground" in that situation is the other side doing everything that the refuser demands.
I hear this second half spoken in the voice of the Freedom Caucus of the House of Representatives.

Am I alone in this regard?
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Old 10-25-2015, 12:58 PM   #397
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Dana, I don't think this thread has developed exactly the way you intended, but it's been interesting to say the least.
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Old 10-25-2015, 01:05 PM   #398
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Hehe. No threads ever develop as intended. Unless the intention is to launch a thread and see where the wind blows it.

I've found it interesting, if mildly disturbing towards the end, but hey - I've had dates like that.
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Old 10-25-2015, 01:40 PM   #399
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Disturbing? The descent and departure of he who must not be named, or some other trend? And not the end, the current pause, ain't no fat lady singin'.
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Old 10-26-2015, 01:49 PM   #400
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Yep.

Testing people and/or judging women as human beings is being an asshole...

... Yup you are/were. I think it's just about time for the GFY clause.
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Old 10-28-2015, 11:37 PM   #401
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Texas 1928, reaching for the stars.
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Old 10-29-2015, 02:52 AM   #402
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Did she make it?
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Old 10-29-2015, 01:11 PM   #403
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I don't think so, I don't see her on the ballot for the 1928 election.
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Old 10-29-2015, 01:43 PM   #404
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Minnie Fisher Cunningham.
No, she didn't win, but she was the first woman from Texas to run for the Senate.
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Old 10-29-2015, 05:58 PM   #405
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Thanks, HM, I didn't realize she was a big time mover/shaker.
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