, perceived as resulting in better care (e.g. more professional attention), a unique dataset is constructed on hospital length of … stay, severity, unofficial payments and socio-economic characteristics (age, gender, occupation and income) from a survey …

This working paper considers the status of care work (especially unpaid work) across the entire African con-tinent. To … the use of available time-use survey data, an economic evaluation is pro-posed for this type of care, which is provided …

The aim of this contribution is to analyze the dynamic of social innovation of home-care services. Based on the works … of Polanyi which analyse socio-economic dynamics and on feminist theories in the field of care, we develop an original … gender relationships at stake in these services. We also suggest normative criteria to evaluate the quality of social …

Care work, such as that carried out by 'angelic' nurses, mothers, and other carers, is treated in a dualistic fashion … paper centres on care, nature is also both widely idealised and taken for granted. Thus, what is true of 'care' in our …

questions gendered responsibility and policy that prevents mothers from fulfilling care responsibilities for young children … care responsibilities in markets. The results lend support to the international call for active government involvement to … show how markets may neglect the specific nature of care responsibilities, which in turn can exacerbate historical …

-profit care settings. This article provides insights into how the predominantly female (paid) workers’ orientations to work, the … desire to care and the intrinsic rewards from working in a non-profit context interact with the organization of work and …

This article describes the way in which the scientific literature approaches the issue of gender and care in developing … analyses of care from a gender perspective in developing countries on certain conceptual and theoretical works on care which … quantify unpaid care work in relation to gender equality. The aim of this research work is to contribute empirical evidence on …