Gender differences in the labor market: Claudia Goldin's lessons for Ukraine
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2023.12.047Keywords:
Nobel Prize in Economics, Claudia Goldin, economic history, labor market, gender gap in incomeAbstract
The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, often called the Nobel Prize in Economics, was awarded to American scientist Claudia Goldin from Harvard University “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”. Based on data collected in US archives spanning more than 200 years, she demonstrated how and why gender differences in earnings and employment rates have changed over time. As stated in the press release of the Nobel Committee, “understanding women’s role in the labour is important for society. Thanks to Claudia Goldin’s groundbreaking research, we now know much more about the underlying factors and which barriers may need to be addressed in the future.”
