Rate Professor Claudia Goldin

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 1972; B.A. in Economics, Cornell University, 1967.

Research Interests: Economic history, labor economics, gender economics, and education.

Appointments: Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University (current); Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

Awards: Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2023), John Bates Clark Medal (1990).

Publications:

• Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity (Princeton University Press, 2021).
• Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women (Oxford University Press, 1990).

Additional Contributions: President, American Economic Association (2013-2014); influential work on gender wage gaps.