# Professor Lisa Leslie is interviewed about her research on a pay premium for high-potential women

1 Faculty News May 10, 2016 ![Huffington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/huffpost192x144.jpg?itok=sF2Y0c9v)>

Excerpt from [The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-ceo-gender-pay-gap_us_57322688e4b016f378974931) -- "It’s basically an issue of supply and demand, [Lisa Leslie](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lisa-leslie), an associate management professor at New York University and one of the paper’s authors, told The Huffington Post. 'There’s a market for high-potential women. If you want them in senior ranks, you’ll have to pay them more,' she said."

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