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New parents are annoying. They think you want to hear about every gurgle and baby-step. But it could be worse. When your boss has a sprog, watch your wallet.
A study to be published next month in Administrative Science Quarterly looks at what happens to workers’ pay when a male boss has a child. Researchers tracked salaries at every firm in Denmark with more than ten employees between 1996 and 2006. (They confined themselves to male bosses partly because the sample of female bosses was too small.)
Male bosses, it turns out, pay themselves significantly more once they become fathers. Even after controlling for factors such as age, length of tenure and the performance of the firm, the study found that bosses with daughters pay themselves 3.5% more than childless ones. If they have a son, that increases to a hefty 6.4%. David Ross of Columbia Business School, one of the authors, says all fathers feel a duty to support their families. For grunts this means working harder. Bosses have the more agreeable option of raising their own wages.
This is bad news for underlings. That extra money comes out of workers’ pockets, the study finds. Staff employed by a father is typically paid less. The amount depends on such things as the sex of the baby and whether it is his first child. Male employees bear the grunt: if the boss’s child is a son, for example, they can expect 0.5% less salary than if he hadn’t reproduced.
Female staff fare better. After their boss’s first child, they can expect to be paid a little more. Mr. Ross speculates that this might be because, having seen their wives go through childbirth, they start to respect women more. Alas, such goodwill doesn’t last. Once the boss has a second child, female workers’ wages are likely to fall, just like men’s.
1. According to the passage, which of the following describes the study CORRECTLY?
2. According to the passage, once they become fathers, male bosses tend to ______.
3. The study reveals that upon stepping into fatherhood, ______.
4. What does the sentence “Male employees bear the grunt” in paragraph 4 mean?
5. After the boss’s first child, compared with males, female workers are ______.

问题1选项
A.It was conducted by a Denmark firm.
B.It was a large-scale and longitudinal study.
C.It was a systematic and time-consuming study.
D.It tracked the salaries of ten employees from every firm.
问题2选项
A.pay more to those with sons
B.make the firm earn more money
C.differ due to factors such as age etc.
D.take more money from their underlings
问题3选项
A.employees need to work harder than bosses
B.bosses and employees differ in their options of duty
C.both bosses and employees need to earn more money
D.bosses are more agreeable than employees
问题4选项
A.Male employees are angry.
B.Male employees suffer most.
C.Male employees differ from others.
D.Male employees complain about the situation.
问题5选项
A.in a different situation
B.paid a little bit more
C.more respected
D.just like men
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