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Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2023-10-09

Books mentioned on EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap

2 books · With Claudia Goldin · Listen

Claudia Goldin is the newest winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Steve spoke to her in 2021 about how inflexible jobs and family responsibilities make it harder for women to earn wages equal to their male counterparts.

Steve Levitt discussed Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin. Claudia Goldin discussed Railroads and American Economic Growth by Robert William Fogel.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Career and Family

    Claudia Dale Goldin · at 1:55 · mentioned 2 times

    Career and Family by Claudia Dale Goldin is an economics book examining women's century-long journey toward equity, labor markets, and the persistent wage gap.

    Discussed
    “Claudia has pulled this research together into a book entitled Career and Family, Women's Century-Long Journey Towards Equity.”
    Steve Levitt EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap 2023-10-09
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Railroads and American Economic Growth

    Robert William Fogel · at 45:22

    Discussed
    “When Bob Fogle wrote his book on the railroads and how that set history on fire. Because he took the writings of historians who said the railroads were essential to American economic growth.”
    Claudia Goldin EXTRA: Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin on "Greedy Work" and the Wage Gap 2023-10-09
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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