From Productive Work to Capability-Enhancing Work
Implications for Labour Law and Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19003372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicolas Bueno (0000-0002-1476-5456, University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 354-372 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9888 • E-ISSN: 1469-9516 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19452829.2021.1951186 |
| OpenAlex | W3180600498 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 45 |
What makes work useful, on what grounds and for whom? Classical economists distinguished between productive and unproductive labour. They focused primarily on productive labour and its ability to generate wealth for the economy as a whole, which influences why economic policies currently prioritize economically productive work over other forms of work. After reviewing the relationships between work and capabilities in the capability approach, this article addresses the individual and collective impacts of work on capabilities. It introduces a more complex and human-centred distinction between capability-enhancing and capability-reducing work. Finally, it proposes a capability-informed labour policy and designs new rights to assist in better aligning individually and socially capability-enhancing work. It shows how this policy has the potential to free from the economic need to work
Business · Capability approach · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Labour economics · Labour law · Public economics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Taxation and Compliance Studies
Reconsidering the Role of Markets and Firms Through a Capability Perspective
The Escape from Poverty
First Rule
Using Alienation to Understand the Link Between Work and Capabilities
The Quality of Work (QoW)
How does institutional context shape work-related functionings for regular and self-employed workers? A contextualised application of the capability approach to Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Developing the global North
Meaningful Work
Value of Everything
Human Capital
Adam Smith on Productive and Unproductive Labour
Individual working lives and collective action. An introduction to capability for work and capability for voice
Creating Capabilities
The Capabilities Approach and Worker Wellbeing
A Purposive Approach to Labour Law
Unproductive Labour in Political Economy
Development as Freedom
Measuring Care
The Capability Approach
Defining the Boundaries between Unpaid Labor and Unpaid Caregiving
The ‘ugliness’ of economic efficiency
Undoing work, rethinking community
The Right to Work and the Right to Develop One’s Capabilities
Capabilities, Contributive Injustice and Unequal Divisions of Labour
Women and Human Development
Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation
Meaningful Labour, Employee Ownership, and Workplace Democracy
What is a Capability-enhancing Social Policy? Individual Autonomy, Democratic Citizenship and the Insufficiency of the Employment-focused Paradigm
Moving Towards a Capability for Meaningful Labor
Full Employment Target
Say's Law, Poverty Persistence, and Employment Neglect
Human Capabilities Versus Human Capital
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |