Scientific Background

English 9 October 2023 has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia GoldinHarvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes” She uncovered key drivers of gender differences in the labour market This year’s Laureate in the Economic…

Swedish 9 oktober 2023 har beslutat utdela Sveriges Riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2023 till Claudia GoldinHarvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA ”för att ha förbättrat vår förståelse av kvinnors arbetsmarknadsutfall” Hon hittade nyckelfaktorer bakom könsskillnader på arbetsmarknaden Årets ekonomipristagare, Claudia Goldin, var först med att ge en helhetsbild av kvinnors inkomster…

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Iwas born December 13, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia, but spent my childhood and teenage years in Dillon, South Carolina. Dillon, a town of about 6,000 people, lies just west of the Little Pee Dee River, in the northeastern part of the state. When I lived there, the area was mostly dependent on agriculture – cotton…

Introduction In this biographical sketch I will discuss part of my personal and academic journey, how I originally got interested in econometrics, and how I continued in this area as it changed from a field where causal inference was almost non-existent to one where causality is now explicitly a major part. During the same time…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “I never stop thinking about my work” Joshua Angrist believes that to be a good labour economist, you should have had some real life job experience. In this podcast episode, conducted in May 2022, Angrist tells us about his disinterest in school and how as a teenager he was more interested in…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “I spent all my time with my dad, learnt how to take things apart” Hear economist David Card speak about his experience of growing up at a farm. In this podcast episode, conducted in May 2022, Card tells us about how his upbringing has shaped his life and how his dad…

Nobel Prize Conversations  “It is very good at developing good work habits” In an increasingly chaotic world, how can you learn to concentrate deeply on a single problem? Guido Imbens found his powers of concentration while getting lost in chess games as a child. ”For four or five hours you would just shut out…