Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economics professor and 2023 Nobel Prize winner, played a key role in helping WNBA players se…
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Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economics professor and 2023 Nobel Prize winner, played a key role in helping WNBA players secure a fairer contract 🏀 Women professional basketball players faced a severe wage gap compared to their male counterparts. The Women’s National Basketball Association, launched in the 1990s, has half the number of teams and fewer than half the number of players, and no one was arguing that WNBA compensation should equal what players get in the NBA. But the top NBA rookie…