Unpaid Work, Animated
About half of all the time devoted to work in the U.S. is devoted to unpaid work in the home. The Institute for New Economic Thinking has created an adorable
- Published in Expert Dialogues & Forums, Feminist Economics, Rethinking Macroeconomics
Responsibility Time
If there was ever a time we urgently needed to know more about time use, that time has come. The Covid-19 pandemic utterly changed daily rhythms for many sequestered households
- Published in Child Care, COVID 19, Policy Briefs & Reports, Time Use Survey
The Homemade Value-Added Stabilizer
“Shelter in place” mandates in the early stages of the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic required many people to stay home, cook their own meals, school their own children, and entertain themselves.
- Published in COVID 19, Time Use Survey, U.S., Unpaid Work
Latest
FEATURED CONTENT DIGITAL FORUM ON REOPENING LONG ISLAND AND BUILDING A FAIR ECONOMY: CARE WORK IN THE COVID CRISIS Earlier this month, the Hofstra Labor Studies and the Center
Are We All Care Workers Now?
Who, exactly, are care workers, other than the people we need most right now, as the covid-19 pandemic overlays the division of labor with a new division of risk? I’ve
- Published in Child Care, COVID 19, elderly care
Policy Briefs
Options for modeling the distributional impact of care policies using a general equilibrium (cge) framework Download Policy Brief Brief prepared by: Marzia Fontana, Binderiya Byambasuren & Carmen Estrades Economy-wide
50 Researchers Come Together for 2019 Annual Meeting
2019 Care Work and the Economy Annual Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland The Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) held its 2nd Annual Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on June 30-July 2,
- Published in Uncategorized
CWE-GAM Working Paper Series old
WORKING PAPERS GENDER WAGE AND EQUITY AND INVESTMENTS IN CARE: MODELING EQUITY AND PRODUCTION Download Paper Date: October, 2020 Authors: Elissa Braunstein & Daniele Tavani
Research Teams Awarded Funding to Produce Theoretical Gender-Aware Macromodels
The Care Work and Economy project has awarded five research teams funding to produce theoretical gender-aware macromodels that incorporate care in the development context. Each team contributes to one of
- Published in Policy
James Heintz
James Heintz has written on a wide range of economic policy issues, including job creation, global labor standards, the distributive consequences of macroeconomic policies, and the intersection between economics and