The Gender Gap Video

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October 15, 1pm
Part of our Big Read Programming Series. Open to everyone.

What causes the wage gap between genders? Do you think you know? Has it changed over time?  Join us as we watch a video interview of Nobel Prize Winning Economist Claudia Goldin discussing her research on the gender wage gap, and talk about her findings. 

Claudia Dale Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist. She is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. In October 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes.”