STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly referred to as the “Nobel” of economics, was awarded to American Claudia Goldin for her work on wage inequality between men and women.
Claudia Goldin, who in 1990 became the first woman to be tenured in the economics department of Harvard University, is only the third woman to receive this award after the American Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and the Franco-American Esther Duflo in 2019.
“This year’s winner in economics, Claudia Goldin, has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor force participation across the centuries,” said the committee responsible for awarding the prize.
“His research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gap between men and women.”
Claudia Goldin published in 1990 the work, which has since become a reference, “Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women” which has had a considerable influence on the analysis of the causes of wage inequality.
She then carried out studies on the impact of the contraceptive pill on women’s career and marriage decisions and on women’s surnames after marriage as a social indicator.
“Claudia Goldin’s findings have broad societal implications,” said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the Nobel Economics Committee. “By finally understanding the problem and calling it what it is, we will be able to chart a better course for the future.”
Last year, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Americans Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig for their work on banks and financial crises.
It is the last to be announced for the 2023 raise.
The Hungarian Katalin Karikó and the American Drew Weissman were rewarded for medicine, and for physics the French Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier as well as the Hungarian Ferenc Krausz.
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to the Norwegian Jon Fosse and the Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist imprisoned in Tehran.
(Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander, Blandine Hénault and Bertrand Boucey for the French version, edited by Kate Entringer)
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