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Parenthood Status And Compensation In Law Practice, Nancy Reichman, Joyce Sterling
Parenthood Status And Compensation In Law Practice, Nancy Reichman, Joyce Sterling
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
This article asks how cultural frameworks of status influence the evaluation of performance including compensation and advancement of lawyers who were seven years into their practice. We borrow from the work on status expectations that goes beyond gender distinctions and assesses whether the concept of motherhood has a negative impact on assessment of female lawyers. Status expectations theory hypothesizes that mothers are valued less because they are less committed to the workplace and thus receive a motherhood penalty while men receive a fatherhood bonus in compensation decisions. Employing data from the After The JD study, we test the impact of …
The Gender Wage Gap: Searching For Equality In A Global Economy, Lucy B. Bednarek
The Gender Wage Gap: Searching For Equality In A Global Economy, Lucy B. Bednarek
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
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