Highly-skilled women are still earning less than their male counterparts
Ghazala Azmat and Rosa Ferrer on why gender gaps are prominent within the legal sector.
Rosa Ferrer is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Business at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, holding a PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University. She is also an Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Her work has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and the European Economic Review.
Rosa's primary research fields are Law and Economics, and Industrial Organization. Her work uses both empirical and applied theory to analyze social and legal problems. For instance she has studied legal challenges such as high-litigation expenses, optimal aggregation of preferences according to ideals of justice, and congestion in law enforcement. Her current research mainly focuses on consumer regulation and gender differences among high-skilled individuals.