Counting Care Work in Social Policy: Valuing Unpaid Child- and Eldercare in Korea

Jayoung Yoon

Feminist Economics, 2014, vol. 20, issue 2, 65-89

Abstract: This study demonstrates the usefulness of quantifying and valuing time spent on unpaid care work and explores the links between social policies, unpaid care work, and gender equality in the context of recent social care reforms in the Republic of Korea. Using information provided by two nationally representative surveys, this article elaborates on the gendered organization of care provision and the total costs of care services for children and the elderly, including unpaid family care, family expenditures on care services, and state support in the form of public expenditures. The study finds that omitting the role of family care services overestimates the state's role in caring for children and elderly adults. A closer look at the impact of long-term care insurance reveals the need for integrated analyses of the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the social organization of care, especially in regard to gender equality.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.862342

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