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Claudia Goldin, an American economist and professor of economics at Harvard University, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on women's employment and wages . Professor Goldin's research uncovered key factors behind the gender pay gap, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Goldin is the third woman to receive the award and the first not to share it with male colleagues. “Despite modernization, economic growth and the increase in the proportion of women employed in the th century, for a long per Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data iod of time the wage gap between women and men barely closed. “Goldin has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation over the centuries,” the Swedish Academy states.
The -year-old academic teaches labor market history classes at Harvard University in the United States. Goldin was the first woman to gain a tenure-track position in Harvard's economics departments, in As an economic historian and labor economist, Goldin's research covers a wide range of topics, including the female workforce, the gender in income, income inequality, technological change, education and immigration. Most of her research interprets the present through the prism of the past and explores the origins of current problems. Her most recent book is Career and Family: Women's Journey to Equity Across the Century (Princeton University Press, ).
Claudia Goldin demonstrated that female participation in the labor market did not have an upward trend throughout...
Claudia Goldin showed that female participation in the labor market did not trend upward over a -year period, but instead forms a "U"-shaped curve.
Her research found that married women began working less after the arrival of industrialization in the th century, but their employment increased again in the th century as the service economy grew. Higher educational levels for women and the birth control pill accelerated the change, but the gender pay gap remained. Claudia Goldin demonstrated that female participation in the labor market did not have an upward trend over a -year period, but instead forms a "U"-shaped curve.
While historically that income gap between men and women could be attributed to educational choices made at an early age and career choices, Professor Goldin found that the current wage gap was largely due to the impact of having children. Claudia Goldin's discoveries have vast social implications," said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the prize committee.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Claudia Goldin this Monday in Stockholm Sweden.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Claudia Goldin, this Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/GETTY IMAGES
“It is a very important award, not only for me, but for many people who work on this issue and who try to understand why great inequalities persist,” he stated in an interview with AFP. Despite recognizing “important evolutions,” he affirms that “great inequalities continue to exist.” One of the things that makes it difficult to delve into Goldin's work is that there isn't really a single article. It's a body of work built over decades.
She is the author and editor of several books, including Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women (Oxford ), The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy (with G. Libecap; University of Chicago Press ), The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (with M. Bordo and E. White; University of Chicago Press ), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from the Economic History of America (with E. Glaeser ; Chicago ) and Women Working Longer: Greater Employment at Older Ages (with L. Katz; Chicago ). Her book The Race Between Education and Technology (with L. Katz; Belknap Press, , ) won the RR Hawkins Prize in for the most outstanding scholarly work in all disciplines of the arts and sciences.
Goldin is the third woman to receive the award and the first not to share it with male colleagues. “Despite modernization, economic growth and the increase in the proportion of women employed in the th century, for a long per Chinese Overseas Asia Number Data iod of time the wage gap between women and men barely closed. “Goldin has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation over the centuries,” the Swedish Academy states.
The -year-old academic teaches labor market history classes at Harvard University in the United States. Goldin was the first woman to gain a tenure-track position in Harvard's economics departments, in As an economic historian and labor economist, Goldin's research covers a wide range of topics, including the female workforce, the gender in income, income inequality, technological change, education and immigration. Most of her research interprets the present through the prism of the past and explores the origins of current problems. Her most recent book is Career and Family: Women's Journey to Equity Across the Century (Princeton University Press, ).
Claudia Goldin demonstrated that female participation in the labor market did not have an upward trend throughout...
Claudia Goldin showed that female participation in the labor market did not trend upward over a -year period, but instead forms a "U"-shaped curve.
Her research found that married women began working less after the arrival of industrialization in the th century, but their employment increased again in the th century as the service economy grew. Higher educational levels for women and the birth control pill accelerated the change, but the gender pay gap remained. Claudia Goldin demonstrated that female participation in the labor market did not have an upward trend over a -year period, but instead forms a "U"-shaped curve.
While historically that income gap between men and women could be attributed to educational choices made at an early age and career choices, Professor Goldin found that the current wage gap was largely due to the impact of having children. Claudia Goldin's discoveries have vast social implications," said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the prize committee.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Claudia Goldin this Monday in Stockholm Sweden.
The announcement of the Nobel Prize in Economics for Claudia Goldin, this Monday in Stockholm, Sweden. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/GETTY IMAGES
“It is a very important award, not only for me, but for many people who work on this issue and who try to understand why great inequalities persist,” he stated in an interview with AFP. Despite recognizing “important evolutions,” he affirms that “great inequalities continue to exist.” One of the things that makes it difficult to delve into Goldin's work is that there isn't really a single article. It's a body of work built over decades.
She is the author and editor of several books, including Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women (Oxford ), The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy (with G. Libecap; University of Chicago Press ), The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century (with M. Bordo and E. White; University of Chicago Press ), Corruption and Reform: Lessons from the Economic History of America (with E. Glaeser ; Chicago ) and Women Working Longer: Greater Employment at Older Ages (with L. Katz; Chicago ). Her book The Race Between Education and Technology (with L. Katz; Belknap Press, , ) won the RR Hawkins Prize in for the most outstanding scholarly work in all disciplines of the arts and sciences.