2023-10-10
44 分钟Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about why women earn so much less than men — and how it’s not all explained by discrimination.
Hey there, it's Stephen Dubner.
On the morning of October 9, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to the Harvard economist Claudia Goldin for having, quote, advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes.
We spoke with Goldin back in 2016 about her research for an episode we called the true story of the gender pay Gap.
It is one of the most popular episodes we've ever made.
In light of the Nobel Prize, we are taking the opportunity to replay that episode for you today.
It's also an opportunity for us to congratulate Claudia, who has long been a friend of this show.
So to Claudia, congratulations and to you listening.
I hope you enjoy.
Love to hear what you think we are@radioreakonomics.com.
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Women make up almost half the working.
Population, yet we typically earn just seventy.
Eight cents to every dollar a man makes in almost every profession.
I'm pretty sure you've heard this kind of statistic before, maybe in a political ad.
The gender wage gap is real, and women still earn about $0.77 for every dollar a man earns for working the same job, maybe even in a State of the union address.
Today, women make up about half our workforce, but they still make $0.77 for.
Every dollar a man earns.
That is wrong, and in 2014, it's an embarrassment.