# Professor Lisa Leslie's research on a pay premium for high-potential women is referenced

1 Faculty News June 21, 2016 ![Fast Company logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_026723.jpg?itok=PGORMP3v)>

Excerpt from [Fast Company](http://www.fastcompany.com/3061115/surprising-statistics-of-the-gender-wage-gap-in-tech) -- "The executive pay bump in favor of women was recently explored by NYU Stern professor [Lisa Leslie](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lisa-leslie). An extensive study of high-potential female professionals at Fortune 500 companies, found that 8% of female leaders earned more than their male counterparts. Leslie believes this is driven by corporate diversity initiatives that value the contributions of their under-represented female cohort. And we know that the tech industry has been working hard to correct its lack of diversity for several years now."

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