Unpaid work and the economy : a gender analysis of the standards of living /

In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Picchio, Antonella
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Colección:Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 46.
Temas:
Wages > Women > Italy.
Wages > Women.
Wages > Housewives > Italy.
Voluntarism > Economic aspects.
Women > Social conditions.
Unpaid labor > Italy.
Unpaid labor.
Salaires > Femmes > Italie.
Salaires > Femmes.
Salaires > Femmes au foyer > Italie.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
Travail non rémunéré > Italie.
Travail non rémunéré.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Unpaid labor
Voluntarism > Economic aspects
Wages > Housewives
Wages > Women
Women > Social conditions
Italy
extended
income
equivalency
scale
womens
labour
market
convenience
consumption
double
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Introduction; 1 A macroeconomic approach to an extended standard of living; 2 Unpaid work by gender in Italy; 3 Extended income estimation and income inequality by gender; 4 Unpaid work and household living standards; 5 Unpaid work and household well-being; 6 'Convenience consumption ' and unpaid labour time; 7 Young people living with their parents; 8 Unpaid and paid caring work in the reform of welfare states; 9 The gender impact of workfare policies in Italy and the effect of unpaid work; Index

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