The American economist was honored for her contribution to advancing the understanding of women’s outcomes in the labor market and the causes of the gender gap.
Claudia Goldin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for her contribution to advancing the understanding of women’s outcomes in the labor market and the causes of the gender gap.
The American economist Claudia Goldin was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his contribution to the advancement of understanding women’s outcomes in the labor market and the causes of the gender gap.
This was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which highlighted that the North American academic’s research “reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the gender gap.”
In this context, the Swedish Academy highlighted that Goldin’s work revealed the underrepresentation of women in the global labor market, demonstrating how and why gender differences in income and employment rates changed over time, reproduced the Europa Press agency.
“Understanding the role of women at work is important for society. Thanks to Claudia Goldin’s groundbreaking research, we now know much more about the underlying factors and obstacles that may need to be addressed in the future,” said Jakob Svensson, Chairman of the Economic Sciences Prize Committee.
The award is the last of the Nobel Prizes announced, after the winners were announced last week in the categories of Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature and Peace and will be awarded, like the others, next December.
The Nobel Prize in Economics is not part of Alfred Nobel’s legacy, since it was established in 1968 by the Riksbanken, the Swedish central bank, coinciding with the entity’s 300th anniversary, and was awarded for the first time in 1969, honoring the Norwegian Ragnar Frisch and the Dutchman Jan Tinbergen.
The full prize amount in 2023 amounts to a total of 11 million Swedish crowns (947,490 euros).
Source: Ambito
