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.

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职业生涯动态中的性别差异：来自一家全球律师事务所的新证据

我们使用来自世界上最大的全球律师事务所之一的丰富面板数据来研究法律部门职业动态中的性别差距。所研究的律师事务所是跨国律师事务所的代表，在 23 个国家开展业务。样本包括处于不同发展阶段的国家。我们记录了性别差距的跨国差异以及这些差距如何随时间变化。我们表明，虽然在调查期结束时大多数国家的入门级都存在性别平等，但所有国家的组织高层仍存在持续的原始性别差距。我们观察到各国在晋升和工资方面的性别差距方面存在显着的异质性，但在研究期间，存在的差距似乎正在缩小。我们还观察到，女性更有可能出于家庭和工作与生活平衡的原因离开公司，而男性则报告离开公司是为了职业发展。最后，我们表明，国家制度和文化的各种衡量标准似乎在男女劳动力市场结果的差异中发挥了作用。