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Claudia Goldin

American economic historian and labour economist, sole recipient of the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Claudia Dale Goldin was born on 14 May 1946 in the Bronx, New York City. She earned a BA from Cornell University and a PhD from the University of Chicago, then became a professor at Harvard University and a leading scholar of women’s labour-market history. She received the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. American economic historian and labour economist, sole recipient of the 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In Jewish World Records, Claudia Goldin is connected to the record “First Jewish Woman to Win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences,” based on the stored achievement of First Jewish woman to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Claudia Goldin became the first Jewish woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences when she received the 2023 prize for advancing understanding of women’s labour-market outcomes.

Records held by Claudia Goldin

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First Jewish Woman to Win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

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Claudia Goldin

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10 December 2023

Claudia Goldin became the "First Jewish woman to receive the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences" upon her receipt of the award in Stockholm, Sweden, on 10 December 2023. As the sole recipient of the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Goldin was recognised for having advanced the understanding of women’s labour-market outcomes. Her archival research reconstructed more than two centuries of women’s participation and earnings, showing how structural change, social expectations, and parenthood shaped the gender gap.

Country represented
United States
Achievement location
Stockholm, Sweden
Achievement date
10 December 2023
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