Claudia Goldin — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for advancing understanding of women's labor market outcomes
Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University
Co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) Gender in the Economy study group
First woman to be tenured in Harvard's economics department (1990)
President of the American Economic Association (2013)

Biography

Claudia Dale Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist. She holds the position of Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. In October 2023, Goldin received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes," becoming the first woman to win the award solo.

Goldin's research is primarily known for its historical work on women and the American economy.