Unpaid Work, Poverty and Unemployment: A Gender Perspective from South Africa

Emel Memis and Rania Antonopoulos

Chapter 4 in Unpaid Work and the Economy, 2010, pp 76-111 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It has long been recognized that income poverty, joblessness and lack of access to public goods and services reduce people’s ability to lead productive and healthy lives. The effects of such inequalities are, at times, devastating. Among them, malnutrition, bad health, social exclusion, violence and political instability, have led governments and international development organizations to take notice and introduce policies that redress such inequities. To date, and despite mixed results, commitments to bring about much needed change remain prevalent on the international agenda and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) speak to that effect.1

Keywords: Social Care; Tobit Model; Labour Force Survey; Poverty Status; Unpaid Work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250550_4

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