Measuring the economic and social value of domestic work: conceptual and methodological framework

Debbie. Budlender

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Explores ways to measure the trule value of domestic work. Presents measures that could be applied to estimate the extent to which domestic workers are underpaid. Includes definitions of "domestic work" and "care work". Compares data from South Africa and Uruguay.

Keywords: domestic work; domestic worker; economic role; social role; wage determination; travail domestique; employé de maison; rôle économique; rôle social; fixation du salaire; trabajo doméstico; trabajador doméstico; papel económico; papel social; determinación del salario (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 2011
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Published in Conditions of work and employment series

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