Basic Income and Unpaid Care Work in Japan

Sakura Furukubo

Chapter Chapter 9 in Basic Income in Japan, 2014, pp 131-139 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is devoted to a discussion of the potential impact of basic income (BI) on unpaid work and care activities in Japan. In the first section, I deal with the difficulties in measuring the monetary value of unpaid work. In the second section, I reconsider the social aspect of care role, and in the third one I insist on the idea that a BI can protect the independence of caregivers. The fourth section focuses on the idea of an inclusive social structure for people who cannot be autonomous, which is made possible by the introduction of a BI. Finally, in the concluding section I show why a BI opens the possibility to achieve gender equality in the future.

Keywords: Labor Market; Gender Equality; Radioactive Contamination; Unpaid Work; Gender Division (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137348081_9

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