The Friday File: Male bosses with newborn daughters pay themselves 3.5% more than childless bosses; those with sons pay themselves 6.4% more! The problem is they take it out of the pay raises of their subordinates! If the boss has a boy, male underlings can expect 0.5% less salary than would otherwise be the case, while female subordinates actually make a tad more. A second child drives down everyone’s wages.