Gender equality, paid and unpaid care and domestic work

Disadvantages of state-supported marketization of care and domestic work

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ID6172348
AuthorsSumika Yamane (Jissen Women's University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue1
Pages44-63
Publication date2021-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Japanese Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2329-1958 • E-ISSN: 2329-194X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2329194x.2021.1874826
OpenAlexW3127017780
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

Gender inequality, caused by the unequal distribution of unpaid care and domestic work between genders, has been a major feminist issue for a long time. This article demonstrates that so-called gender equality policies, which aim to reduce the burden of women’s unpaid care and domestic work through the state-supported marketization of these services, create a vulnerable group of under-paid care and domestic workers. Such policies widen income gap between women who can purchase these services and those who cannot. I will propose feminist initiatives for gender equality that address these problems

Care work · Distribution (mathematics · Domestic work · Economics · Gender equality · Gender inequality · Inequality · Labour economics · Marketization · Paid work · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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