Harvard's Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for pioneering research on gender pay gap
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Nobel economics prize awarded to Harvard professor Claudia Goldin for research on gender gap in labor market.
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Goldin is third woman to win Nobel economics prize out of 93 laureates.
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Studied women's workplace participation over 200 years, showing continued gap despite women's educational gains.
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Research allows policymakers to address barriers to pay equity and women's advancement.
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Had to dig through archives and find creative data sources to fill in missing historical information.