Unpaid work and the economy : a gender analysis of the standards of living /
In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Series: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
46. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues and covers every conceivable angle of unpaid work and all its ramifications for the modern economy.The unified vision offered by this group of leading contributors ensures this book is a work of excellent quality. There is every chance it will become a seminal study on unpaid work and as. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134433544 1134433549 1134433557 9781134433551 1280175184 9781280175183 0203987284 9780203987285 9781134433506 1134433506 9786610175185 6610175187 0415407060 9780415407069 |