Unpaid household work and the distribution of extended income: The Norwegian experience

Iulie Aslaksen and Charlotte Koren

Feminist Economics, 1996, vol. 2, issue 3, 65-80

Abstract: Measurement of unpaid household work is important in order to better understand income distribution as well as to give visibility to women's work and achieve more comprehensive estimates of the level of economic activity. This article surveys estimates of unpaid household work in Norway for use in national accounts and analysis of consumption possibilities. The latter are measured by extended income, defined as income after tax plus the value of unpaid household work. We find that extended income appears to be more evenly distributed than money income.

Keywords: Household work; time budget surveys; extended income; satellite accounts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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