What Claudia Goldin taught economics about women, labour markets and pay gaps

When Claudia Goldin’s research on women’s work became influential in the 1980s, the study of gender was far from mainstream in economics. Four decades later, that is no longer the case, in large part thanks to her influential work, which won her the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. Barbara Petrongolo discusses Goldin’s legacy in shaping the current research frontier in gender inequalities, from public policy to norms and stereotypes influencing labour market participation.