Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin received the 2023 prize in Economic Sciences. This profile brings together the official award record and attributed background on the economist’s work and career.
Personal and professional profile
- Name
- Claudia Goldin [1]
- Full name
- Claudia Goldin [2]
- Birth date
- 1946-05-14 [2]
- Birthplace
- New York, NY, USA [2]
- Education
- University of Chicago; Cornell University [3]
- Fields / occupation
- economist; university teacher [3]
- Prize
- Economic Sciences · 2023 [2]
- Research recognized
- for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes [2]
- Prize share
- 1 [2]
- Affiliation at the award
- Harvard University [2]
- Institutions in career record
- National Bureau of Economic Research; Harvard University [3]
Research, education and career background
Claudia Dale Goldin (born May 14, 1946) is an American economic historian and labor economist. She is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. In October 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes". The third woman to win the award, she was the first woman to win the award solo. [4]
She is a co-director (co-directing with Claudia Olivetti and Jessica Goldberg) of the National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) Gender in the Economy study group, and was the director of the NBER's Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017. [4]
Goldin's historical work on women and the American economy is what she is best known for. Regarding that subject, her papers that have been most influential have been those about the impact of the contraceptive pill on women's career and marriage decisions, the education of women and men together in higher education, the history of women's pursuit of career and family, women's last names after marriage as a social indicator, the reasons most undergraduates are now women, and the new life history of women's employment. [4]
In 1990, Goldin became the first woman to be tenured in Harvard's economics department. In 2013 she was the president of the American Economic Association. [4]
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Award and academic affiliation
The official Nobel record dates the Economic Sciences award to 2023 and lists Harvard University as the affiliation at the time. [2]
An affiliation attached to an award describes that point in the person’s career; it does not establish a current appointment. [2]
Education and career timeline
Source-supported connections
Frequently asked questions
When did Claudia Goldin receive the prize in Economic Sciences?
The official award record gives the year as 2023. [2]
Which institution was Claudia Goldin affiliated with at the time of the Economic Sciences award?
Harvard University. This is the award-time affiliation. [2]
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Sources and review dates
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Historical dates and award-time affiliations retain their original context. A review date is not an event date. Background sources are identified separately from official records.