In 1989, Claudia Goldin became the first woman to be given tenure in the economics department at Harvard University. According to the International Labor Organization, unpaid care work is estimated to be one of the major barriers to women’s entry into the labour force. In India, conversations about recognising unpaid care work have been in the public sphere for many …
Claudia Goldin became the third woman to receive the Nobel Prize in economics as the US professor was awarded for her research into the factors that explain pay gaps between men and women. “Understanding women’s role in the labor market is important for society," Jakob Svensson, chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences said in a statement. …
The Harvard professor is only the third woman to win the prestigious prize, following Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and Esther Duflo in 2019. American economic historian Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel economics prize for “having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on October 9. The prestigious award, formally known as …
