Claudia Goldin

Dear Commons Community,

The 2023 Nobel economics prize was awarded yesterday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for advancing the understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.

Goldin is the third woman to win the prize, which was announced by Hans Ellegren, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm.

“Understanding women’s role in the labor market 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,” said Jakob Svensson, chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences.

Goldin, 77, “was surprised and very, very glad,” Ellegren said of Goldin’s reaction to receiving the award.

“Claudia Golden’s discoveries have vast societal implications,” said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the prize committee. “By finally understanding the problem and calling it by the right name, we will be able to pave a better out forward.”

Her book, The Race between Education and Technology written with Lawrence Katz was a must read for anyone interested in the topic when it was published in 2008. It occupies a prominent place on my bookshelf.

Congratulations!

Tony

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