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Babies vs. Billable Hours - A recent study of 670 Alberta lawyers found that childless women billed more hours than anyone else, while mothers billed the least. For men, the opposite was true: fathers billed more than their kidless, swingin’ bachelor colleagues. The study, by two social scientists at the University of Calgary, surveyed the lawyers based on their gender, whether they had children, and their billable hours for the last fiscal year, among other factors.