The winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2023 is Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin.
Know more: The announcement was made by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday, 9 October.
Goldin's research focusing on women's contribution to the labour market is what has won her the Nobel.
She was born in 1946 in New York and has a PhD from the University of Chicago.
The winner gets a prize amount of 11 million Swedish Krona (around Rs 8.31 crore)
"2023 economic sciences laureate, Claudia Goldin, provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labour market participation through the centuries. Her research reveals the causes of change and the main sources of the remaining gender gap," the Nobel Prize-awarding institution said.