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Role of government, poverty research tipped for economics Nobel

Closing the season, the Nobel economics prize is handed out on Monday with specialists on credit, the role of government, and wealth inequality seen as possible contenders.

The winner of the prestigious prize, which last year went to American economist Claudia Goldin, will be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT).

Goldin was recognized "for having advanced our understanding of women's labor market outcomes" and was ironically one of very few women ever handed the prize.

Of the 93 laureates honored since 1969, only three have been women—Goldin in 2023, her compatriot Elinor Ostrom in 2009 and French-American Esther Duflo in 2019.

"The general trend in society to attach greater importance to parity and diversity has broadened the research process," Mikael Carlsson, professor of economics at Uppsala University in Sweden, told AFP.