2026 Claudia Goldin: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	82	250	224	186	163	289	32385

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2016 - IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor
2014 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
2009 - Jacob Mincer Award, the Society of Labour Economics (SOLE)
2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
1987 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Claudia Goldin is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research encompasses various topics primarily within the social sciences, with a focus on gender studies, economics and econometrics, demography, and education.

The recent published papers by Claudia Goldin include:

Extending the Race between Education and Technology, 2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings
Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Women, 2022, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
Nobel Lecture: An Evolving Economic Force, 2024, American Economic Review
The Incubator of Human Capital: The NBER and the Rise of the Human Capital Paradigm, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
When the Kids Grow Up: Women's Employment and Earnings Across the Family Cycle, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors in their research are:

Claudia Olivetti
Lawrence F. Katz
Joseph P. Ferrie
David Autor
Tatyana Avilova

Claudia Goldin has published extensively in specific academic venues, with the most recurrent being:

SSRN Electronic Journal
AEA Papers and Proceedings
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
American Economic Review
The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Their book publication includes:

Career and Family, published by Princeton University Press in 2021

The scientist's main research topics cover:

Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Economic Growth and Productivity
Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
Family Dynamics and Relationships
Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Economic Theory and Policy
Innovations in Educational Methods

They have received multiple awards across their career, including:

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2018
IZA Prize in Labor Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor, 2016
Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, 2014
Jacob Mincer Award, Society of Labour Economics (SOLE), 2009
Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2007
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2006
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992
Fellows of the Econometric Society, 1991
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1987

Best Publications

The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career and Marriage Decisions

Claudia Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

2068
Citations
Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians

Claudia D. Goldin;Cecilia Rouse

1914
Citations
A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter

Claudia Goldin

1907
Citations
The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap

Claudia Goldin;Claudia Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz;Ilyana Kuziemko

1826
Citations
Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors

Marianne Bertrand;Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

1767
Citations
The Quiet Revolution That Transformed Women's Employment, Education, and Family

Claudia Goldin

1733
Citations
The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

1630
Citations
Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women.

S. Jay Kleinberg;Claudia Goldin

1415
Citations
The Great Compression: The Wage Structure in the United States at Mid-Century

Claudia Goldin;Robert A. Margo

1001
Citations
Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women

Claudia Dale Goldin

968
Citations
The U-Shaped Female Labor Force Function in Economic Development and Economic History

Claudia Goldin

819
Citations
The For-Profit Postsecondary School Sector: Nimble Critters or Agile Predators?

David J. Deming;Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

680
Citations
The Rise of the Fourth Estate: How Newspapers Became Informative and Why It Mattered

Matthew Gentzkow;Edward L Glaeser;Claudia Goldin

537
Citations
America's Graduation from High School: The Evolution and Spread of Secondary Schooling in the Twentieth Century

Claudia Goldin

524
Citations
Understanding the gender gap

Claudia Goldin

495
Citations
The Value of Postsecondary Credentials in the Labor Market: An Experimental Study

David James Deming;Noam Yuchtman;Amira Abulafi;Claudia D. Goldin

424
Citations
Monitoring Costs and Occupational Segregation by Sex: A Historical Analysis

Claudia Goldin

418
Citations
The U-Shaped Female Labor Force Function in Economic Development and Economic History

Claudia Goldin;Claudia Goldin

406
Citations
HUMAN CAPITAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL : THE RISE OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING IN AMERICA, 1910-1940

Claudia D. Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz

400
Citations
The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century

Michael D. Bordo;Claudia Dale Goldin;Eugene Nelson White

375
Citations
The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005

Claudia Goldin;Lawrence Katz

349
Citations
The Human Capital Century and American Leadership: Virtues of the Past

Claudia Goldin

337
Citations
The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005

Claudia Goldin;Claudia Goldin;Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz

319
Citations
The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century

Michael D. Bordo;Claudia Goldin;Eugene N. White

215
Citations
The Origins of Technology-Skill Complementarity

Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz;Claudia Goldin;Claudia Goldin

119
Citations
The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women's Career and Marriage Decisions

Lawrence Katz;Claudia Goldin

25
Citations
Understanding the Gender Gap: An Economic History of American Women.

Mark R. Killingsworth;Claudia Goldin

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University

Edward L. Glaeser Harvard University

Robert A. Margo Boston University

Kenneth L. Sokoloff University of California, Los Angeles

Marianne Bertrand University of Chicago

Gary D. Libecap University of California, Santa Barbara

Michael D. Bordo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Eugene N. White Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Matthew Gentzkow Stanford University

Cecilia Elena Rouse Princeton University

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