The Nobel prize in economic science has a serious gender problem

Ten Roberts. Four Pauls. Three women. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to 101 people. Women have won it less often than have men with those common. Elinor Ostrom (2009), Esther Duflo (2019) and Claudia Goldin (2023) are the only women to have been awarded the prize.

Nature 658, 1356 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03404-5

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