The influx of women into legal professions: an economic analysis

Data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates show that women are increasingly attracted to the field of law, possibly because of its favorable economic factors, such as relatively high earnings early in the career and ease of reentry after periods of nonparticipation in the labor force. (...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review 2002-08, Vol.125 (8), p.14-24
Main Author: Baker, Joe G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attorneys
Career Choice
Careers
College admission
College students
Discrimination against women
Earnings
Economic conditions
Economic Factors
Employment
Employment Patterns
Families & family life
Female employees
Females
Households
Labor force
Labor Force Nonparticipants
Labor law
Labor sector
Labor supply
Law schools
Lawyer client communication
Lawyers
Legal Education (Professions)
Legal professions
Medicine
Men
Professional schools
Professionals
Professions
Reentry Workers
Return on Investment
Science
Social sciences
Statistics
Studies
Tables (Data)
United States
Wages & salaries
Women
Women lawyers
Womens studies
Workforce
Working women
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Summary:Data from the 1993 National Survey of College Graduates show that women are increasingly attracted to the field of law, possibly because of its favorable economic factors, such as relatively high earnings early in the career and ease of reentry after periods of nonparticipation in the labor force. (Contains 30 references.) (JOW)
ISSN:0098-1818
1937-4658