Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2023-10-10

Books mentioned on 232. A New Nobel Laureate Explains the Gender Pay Gap (Replay)

1 book · With Claudia Goldin · Listen

Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. We spoke with her in 2016 about why women earn so much less than men — and how it’s not all explained by discrimination.

Stephen Dubner discussed Unfinished business by Anne-Marie Slaughter.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Unfinished business

    Anne-Marie Slaughter · at 13:40

    Unfinished business by Anne-Marie Slaughter is a prominent public policy book that reexamines modern work-life balance and advocates for systemic workplace equity.

    Discussed
    “The noted public policy scholar Anne-Marie Slaughter, in a book called Unfinished Business, singled out what she calls the care penalty as a main driver of gender inequity.”
    Where to get it