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September 9, 2024

Accounting for Unpaid Care Work in India-2019

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ARAparna RoyTST. V. Sekher

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Estimation of unpaid care work economic value in India, highlighting women's contributions and implications for policy.

Key Points

  • The total economic value of unpaid care work in India highlights the significant role women play in households and communities.
  • Women engage in 76.2% of unpaid care work, equivalent to 2 billion people working full-time without pay.
  • Analysis uses data from the 2019 Time Use Survey and Periodic Labour Force Survey to inform the System of National Accounts framework in India. Calculating the value of unpaid care work may help address gender disparities in economic reporting and policy.

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Roy et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e58ff8b6db64358752bcd2https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/wgt2r
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