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The second woman to win "yes. I know it's not really" a Nobel Prize in Economics [1]

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Date: 2023-10-09  

Because women still don’t earn as much as men.

Her contribution to studying women's work and labor market outcomes is evidenced in its impact on the fields of economics and economic history. including women's role in economic development.

Claudia Dale Goldin (born May 14, 1946) is an American economic historian and labor economist who is currently the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. In October 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having advanced our understanding of women's labour market outcomes".[1] She is the first woman to win that award solo.[2]

She is a co-director of the NBER's Gender in the Economy Study Group and was the director of the NBER's Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017. Goldin's research covers a wide range of topics, including the female labor force, the gender gap in earnings, income inequality, technological change, education, and immigration. Most of her research interprets the present through the lens of the past and explores the origins of current issues of concern. Her book Career & Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity (Princeton University Press) was released on October 5, 2021.

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