The historical evolution of the cost of social reproduction in the United States, 1959–2012
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9257372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katherine A Moos (0000-0002-3054-1655, Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 51-75 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Social Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6764 • E-ISSN: 1470-1162 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00346764.2019.1703031 |
| OpenAlex | W2998503406 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 39 |
Using data from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) – including a BEA satellite account that imputes monetary values for unwaged household production – this paper provides a feminist, class-based framework for estimating the annual cost of social reproduction in the United States from 1959 to 2012. The key finding is that for US working-class households, the cost of socially reproducing labor-power has risen relative to the cost of employing labor-power, implying that employers are paying for a decreasing proportion of the total societal cost of socially reproducing labor-power. These results are discussed in relationship to growing income inequality and the contradictory role of the state in the US neoliberal era
Class (philosophy) · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Measures of national income and output · Power (physics) · Product (mathematics) · Reproduction · Social class · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Citations per year | 1.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |