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This month, Claudia Goldin made history for being the third woman to win the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences. As much as this is an outcome to be celebrated as a milestone for women in economics, as an economist, Goldin has shifted the world\u2019s understanding of women\u2019s labour market outcomes. Her influential research examines the reasons for the gender pay gap, and the educational, medical, and cultural progressions which prevent \u2013 or enable \u2013 women to work.\n\nThe recent introduction of paid parental leave changes to the House of Representatives is just one way to increase women\u2019s workforce participation in Australia. But are there more ways for Australia to improve economic outcomes for women? This podcast examines Goldin\u2019s research, and what it means for Australia \u2013 and especially, Australian women. \n\nHelpful links\nAnnouncement of Claudia Goldin's Nobel win https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2023/press-release/ \n\nCareer and Family by Claudia Goldin: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691201788/career-and-family\n\nGreedy jobs, labour market institutions, and the gender pay gap by Kristen Sobeck: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4306651 \n\nChildren and the Gender Earnings Gap: Evidence for Australia by Elif Bahar, Natasha Bradshaw, Nathan Deutscher and Maxine Montaigne https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/p2023-372004.pdf\n\nOn the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough https://scholar.harvard.edu/nunn/publications/origins-gender-roles-women-and-plough