Claudia Goldin Becomes Third Woman to Receive Nobel Prize in Economics

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Back here in the US, in some lighter news, some good news. Harvard University Professor Claudia Golden has won this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her work studying the gender gap in the labor market. Golden's research analyzes the pay gap between women and men over the last 200 years, the committee's chair says this understanding women's role in the labor market is important for society. Thanks to Claudia Golden's gore groundbreaking research, we now know much more about the underlying factors and which barriers may need to be addressed in the future. End quote. Golden by the way, the third woman to ever win this prize. Congratulations to her.