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An Homage to Claudia Goldin (Gender Pay Gap)


24 mins listen October 13, 2023



The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded on Monday to Claudia Goldin, a Harvard professor, for her work to advance the world’s understanding of women in the work force. She made history by being the first woman to win the award solo rather than sharing in the prize. To honor her achievement, we discussed our own gender pay gap research that is in part informed by academics like Dr. Goldin, focusing on a new regulation in Japan that mandated companies disclose their pay gap data. And then, after we go through the numbers, we have a special part of this episode where colleagues come on to share their experiences of work before and after motherhood.

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Featuring

Michael Disabato

Vice President, MSCI Research

Yukie Shibano

Laura Nishikawa

Managing Director, ESG Research

Gillian Mollod

Vice President, MSCI Research

Siyu Liu

Senior Associate, ESG Research

Linda-Eling Lee

Head, MSCI Sustainability Institute

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