Nobel economics prize goes to Claudia Goldin

American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the last of this year’s crop of Nobel prizes and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns, or nearly $1 million.

“This year’s Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries,” the prize-giving body said in a statement.”Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap.”

If you would like to learn more, we have 2 books in our very own Library by this author:

Career and family : women’s century-long journey toward equity / Claudia Goldin

Understanting the Gender gap : an economic history of american women / Claudia Goldin