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Towards an integrated approach for the analysis of gender equity in policies supporting paid work and care responsibilities

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ID2636618
AuthorsChiara Saraceno (0000-0001-7392-2127, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, corresponding author), Wolfgang Keck (WZB Berlin Social Science Center)
Year2011
Volume25
Pages371-406
Publication date2011-08-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDemographic Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1435-9871 • E-ISSN: 2363-7064
PublisherMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.4054/demres.2011.25.11
OpenAlexW2058537172
LanguageEN
Citations received92
References cited42

This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework for analysing the degree to which public policies support gender equity in paid work and care. Combining the distinction between commodification and decommodification and the distinction between defamil

Business · Care work · Commodification · Conceptual framework · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law) · Equity theory · Intergenerational equity · Labour economics · Market economy · Pay Equity · Political science · Public economics · Public policy · Social equality · Social science · Sociology · Sustainability · Unpaid work · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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