The 2023 prize in economic sciences is about women’s historical and contemporary roles in the labour market. Laureate Claudia Goldin has dug through the archives and utilised more than two hundred years of data from the United States to explain how and why differences in wages and level of employment between men and women have changed over time. Claudia Goldin’s research has improved our understanding of the labour markets of the past, present and future.
This is a ready to use Nobel Prize lesson on the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023. The lesson is designed to take 45 minutes and includes a slideshow with a speaker’s manuscript, a video and a student assignment.
1. Show the slideshow (15 min)
Show the slides, using the speaker’s manuscript.
Slideshow (PDF 3,3 MB)
Speaker’s Manuscript (PDF 320 Kb)
2. Show the interview (5 min)
3. Student assignment (15 min)
Let the students work with the assignment.
Student assignment (PDF 210 Kb)
4. Conclusion (10 min)
Summarise the work with the assignment and capture any questions from the students.
Links for further information
Press release for the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
A Swedish version of the lesson is available at nobelprizemuseum.se
More about the Nobel Prize and its founder in the lesson “Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prize”