Economic Journey of Women across the Centuries: A Review of the Contributions of the 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics and the Implications for China

Abstract

Abstract: The 2023 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Claudia Goldin, who used historical data across the centuries to study the long-term changes of the economic roles of women, and reached important conclusions that enable us to better understand the relationship between female labor market performance and economic development. This paper introduces her major work on female labor force participation rate and gender wage gap, and also discusses in which ways her research can shed a light on the study of the female labor force in China.

Key words: Noble Prize in Economic Sciences, economic history, female labor force participation rate, gender wage gap, economic

Meng Lei. Economic Journey of Women across the Centuries: A Review of the Contributions of the 2023 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics and the Implications for China[J]. Management Review, 2023, 35(10): 3-9.

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