Women in the labour market | 2023 prize in economic sciences | One-minute crash course

Concise overview of why gender pay gaps persist, grounded in Claudia Goldin’s labor-market research.

InequalityExplainerintroductorygender wage gaphuman capitalinstitutional economicslabor market discriminationmotherhood penaltyoccupational segregationClaudia Goldin

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