For an outstanding work in examining wage inequality between men and women, American economic historian and labour economist Claudia Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize.77-yearr-old Claudia Goldin won The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023, “for having advanced our understanding of womens labour market outcomes” the prize-giving body said in a statement. Goldin will receive an amount of 11 million Swedish kronor, or around USD 1 million, as the sole winner of this years prize.Claudia Goldin is a professor of Economics at Harvard University and is only the third woman to win the Nobel in Economics.According to the Prize giving body, Goldin uncovered key drivers of gender differences in the labour market. Her research has given us new and often surprising insights into womens historical and contemporary roles in the labour market, it said.
