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Claudia Goldin
Explaining how women’s work and earnings have changed across generations.
Women and work · Career and Family
- Born
- 14 May 1946
- Birthplace
- New York City, United States
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Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin is an American economic historian who received the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for advancing understanding of women’s labour-market outcomes.
Early life
Bronx childhood
Grew up in New York and initially considered a scientific career.
Economic history
Studied at Cornell and earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago in 1972.
Career
- 1970s–1980s
University research
Taught at several American universities while developing work in economic history.
- 1990
Harvard appointment
Became the first woman to receive tenure in Harvard’s economics department.
- 1990s onward
Women and work
Reconstructed long-term patterns in employment, education and earnings.
- 2023
Economics prize
Received the prize for research on women’s labour-market outcomes.
Contributions
Understanding the Gender Gap
Traced the history of American women’s employment and pay.
The Race between Education and Technology
Co-wrote a history of education and inequality with Lawrence Katz.
Career and Family
Examined the pressures facing couples combining careers and children.
Beyond economics
Academic partnership
Her husband, economist Lawrence Katz, has also been a research collaborator.
Historical records
Her work draws attention to women whose economic activity was missing or obscured in older statistics.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize biography and award ↗Photo: Editing1088. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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