The Economic Value of Unpaid Housework
The study deals with the relations and trade-offs between gainful employment and housework and tries to evaluate the total of non-marketed goods and services produced by private households. A review of alternative methods suggests that results of such an evaluation may differ considerably. Valuing labour input at the contractual wage rate of household employees yields a value added of unpaid housework equivalent to 30–38 percent of GDP. Taking employment and housework together, the average work load of women in Austria is in all age-groups higher than that of men. While men spend relatively more time in their occupation, household work is carried out to 80 percent by women and 20 percent by men.
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1989
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Authors: | Biffl, Gudrun |
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WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports). - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), ISSN 0029-9898. - Vol. 62.1989, 9, p. 567-576
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Publisher: |
Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) |
Subject: | Der Haushaltssektor. Der volkswirtschaftliche Wert der unbezahlten Arbeit | The Economic Value of Unpaid Housework |
Description of contents: | Abstract [wifo.ac.at] |
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