In the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' popular information of Claudia Goldin's research, she was depicted as a detective with a magnifying glass. Her research on differences between men and women in terms of wages and employment rates is based on extensive archival studies. Goldin thought the image of her as a detective was apt and had a magnifying glass made with her name on it.
Claudia Goldin donated the magnifying glass to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2023.
