Harvard's Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize in Economics for Research on Women in the Workforce
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Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor, awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for her research on women in the labor market.
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Goldin provided the first comprehensive historical account of women's earnings and labor participation.
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The economics prize established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank, not Alfred Nobel.
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Last year's prize went to Ben Bernanke and two other economists for work on role and vulnerabilities of banks.
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Goldin's research shed light on how women's roles in the labor market have evolved over time.