Aimed at stimulating innovative and critical thinking about the subject, this Brief:
• presents a conceptual framework for thinking about what is meant when we refer to the “economic and social” value of paid domestic work; and
• proposes ways in which the social and economic value of domestic work might be estimated from a range of different perspectives using relatively commonly available survey data sources.
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Author(s)
Ms. Debbie Budlender, Specialist Researcher, Community Agency for Social Enquiry.
