Unpaid Work and the Economy: A Gender Analysis of the Standards of Living

Unpaid Work and the Economy: A Gender Analysis of the Standards of Living
ISBN-10
1134433549
ISBN-13
9781134433544
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2005-08-02
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Antonella Picchio

Description

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 and covers every conceivable angle of unpaid work and all its ramifications for the modern economy. The unified vision offered by this group of leading contributors ensures this book is a work of excellent quality. There is every chance it will become a seminal study on unpaid work and as such will provide a useful reference for students and academics involved in gender studies, econometrics, and consumption studies.

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