{"id":2533,"date":"2020-05-08T18:07:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T18:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?page_id=2533"},"modified":"2021-02-10T13:32:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:32:50","slug":"blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>FEATURED CONTENT<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2938\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/LongIslandBlogImage-300x119.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/LongIslandBlogImage-300x119.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/LongIslandBlogImage.png 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/>DIGITAL FORUM ON REOPENING LONG ISLAND AND BUILDING A FAIR ECONOMY: CARE WORK IN THE COVID CRISIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the Hofstra Labor Studies and the Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy in collaboration with Long Island Jobs with Justice and A.L.L.O.W. (Advancing Local Leadership Opportunities for Women) conducted a virtual forum addressing care work in the context of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/digital-forum-on-reopening-long-island-and-building-a-fair-economycare-work-in-the-covid-crisis\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2905\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Image-1-UN-Women-Blog-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Image-1-UN-Women-Blog-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Image-1-UN-Women-Blog.png 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><strong>COVID-19 AND THE CARE ECONOMY: UN WOMEN CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION FOR A GENDER-RESPONSIVE RECOVERY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/digital-library\/publications\/2020\/06\/policy-brief-covid-19-and-the-care-economy\">recent brief<\/a> from UN Women presents emerging evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on the care economy.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence suggests that the rising demand for care in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and response will likely deepen already existing inequalities in the gender division of labor, placing a disproportionate burden on women and girls.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/covid-19-and-the-care-economy-un-women-calls-for-immediate-action-and-structural-transformation-for-a-gender-responsive-recovery\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2889\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/AspenInstituteLogo2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/AspenInstituteLogo2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/AspenInstituteLogo2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/AspenInstituteLogo2.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE TRUE COST OF CAREGIVING: AN ASPEN INSTITUTE DIGITAL DISCUSSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even in a typical year, U.S. households are estimated to experience <strong>$31.9 <em>billion\u00a0<\/em>in lost wages as a result of inadequate childcare and paid leave.<\/strong> Roughly 1 in 5 people living in the U.S. today incur caregiving expenses, and the need for care work is experienced in nearly every household at least once.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-true-cost-of-caregiving-an-aspen-institute-digital-discussion\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2879\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/77-image-insert-into-blog-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/77-image-insert-into-blog-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/77-image-insert-into-blog-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/77-image-insert-into-blog.png 821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><strong>INEQUALITIES IN ACCESS TO U.S. CARE SERVICES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., states and localities are beginning to ease social distancing policies resulting from the pandemic. With many workplaces calling Americans to return to work, the nation\u2019s care services system, what was already broken, is now in dire need of repair or replace.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/inequalities-in-access-to-u-s-care-services\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2869\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Image-73-blog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"214\" \/>THE COVID-19 CARE PENALTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., as elsewhere, essential workers have been rightly praised for their willingness to take on additional risk and stress. Their commitment to helping patients, students, and customers face-to-face went beyond the ordinary requirements of earning a paycheck. Yet some essential workers faced more serious risks of infection than others, and differences in pay among them were also significant.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-covid-19-care-penalty\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2863\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/630-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"241\" \/>GENDER EQUALITY WORKS FOR EVERYONE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ineteconomics.org\">Institute for New Economic Thinking<\/a>, Care Work and the Economy lead researcher for the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/research-area\/rethinking-macroeconomics\/\">Rethinking Macroeconomics<\/a> group <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/elissa-braunstein\/\">Elissa Braunstein<\/a> of Colorado State University explores social reproduction from a macroeconomic perspective. She explains how processes of economic growth need labor, both paid and unpaid, as an input; yet macroeconomists almost never treat labor as something that is being produced.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/gender-equality-works-for-everyone\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2846\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elderly-care-worker.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/>FRONTLINE WORKERS IN THE U.S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent report on Basic Demographic Profile of Workers in U.S. Frontline Industries by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) looks at six broad industries, employing grocery store clerks, warehouse workers, bus drivers, and care workers \u2013 including nurses, care workers at child care and residential care facilities, as well as household and community service workers<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/frontline-workers-in-the-u-s\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2821\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Care-Animated-Image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Care-Animated-Image.png 296w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Care-Animated-Image-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/>UNPAID WORK, ANIMATED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I6xNW6K_RG0\">animation<\/a> of some comments I made in an interview with them on this topic a while back.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?p=2822&amp;preview=true\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2809\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/ILO-Graphs-Clear-in-text-300x108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/ILO-Graphs-Clear-in-text-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/ILO-Graphs-Clear-in-text-768x276.png 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/ILO-Graphs-Clear-in-text.png 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>THE UNPAID CARE WORK AND THE LABOR MARKET: AN ANALYSIS OF TIME USE DATA BASED ON THE LATEST WORLD COMPILATION OF TIME-USE SURVEYS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How much time do people spend on doing paid and unpaid care work? How do women and men spend their time differently on unpaid care work? Are there any differences in time use among the regions? How do socioeconomic factors influence people\u2019s choices to do paid and unpaid care work?<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-unpaid-care-work-and-the-labor-market-an-analysis-of-time-use-data-based-on-the-latest-world-compilation-of-time-use-surveys\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2760\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/UNWomenBlogImage-300x149.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/UNWomenBlogImage-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/UNWomenBlogImage.png 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><strong>UN WOMEN: COVID-19 AND THE CRISIS OF THE CARE ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a recent UN Women blog post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Silke_Staab\">Silke Staab<\/a> explores ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the globe is further compounding the risk and strain put upon women in the care economy \u2013 both paid and unpaid.<\/p>\n<p>Women comprise 70% of health workers globally and even higher shares of care-related occupations such as nursing, midwifery and community health work, which all require close contact with patients.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?p=2762&amp;preview=true\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2752\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Elder-Care-Stock-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"158\" \/>LESSONS TO DRAW FROM COUNTRIES WITH LONG-TERM CARE (LTC) SYSTEMS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ito-peng\/\">Ito Peng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Japan, Korea and Germany introduced universal, mandatory public long-term care insurance (LTCI) as their populations began to age. <strong>LTCI is a social insurance program that covers the cost of care in case people need assistance to manage their daily living activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/lessons-to-draw-from-countries-with-long-term-care-ltc-systems\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2736\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/Responsibility-time-Folbre-Image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"199\" \/>RESPONSIBILITY TIME<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/nancy-folbre\/\">Nancy Folbre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 and the \u201copening up\u201d process closed down some old routines.\u00a0I\u2019ve done extensive work with time use data, have been in touch with several people\/groups trying to measure the impact of the pandemic, and am trying to follow results being reported in other research.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/responsibility-time\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2724\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/COVID-Nurse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"203\" \/>A GENDER LENS ON COVID-19: INVESTING IN NURSES AND OTHER FRONTLINE HEALTH WORKERS TO IMPROVE HEALTH SYSTEMS<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/expert\/megan-odonnell\">Megan O\u2019Donnell\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intrahealth.org\/people\/samantha-rick\">Samantha Rick <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, women make up anywhere from <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.who.int\/iris\/bitstream\/handle\/10665\/311314\/WHO-HIS-HWF-Gender-WP1-2019.1-eng.pdf\">65 percent (Africa) to 86 percent (Americas)<\/a> of the nursing workforce. Their jobs are critical to the health, safety, and security of communities on any given day, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/26\/business\/coronavirus-china-nurse-menstruation.html\">particularly in times of a global pandemic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/a-gender-lens-on-covid-19-investing-in-nurses-and-other-frontline-health-workers-to-improve-health-systems\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2700\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/How-Will-COVID-19-Affect-Women-and-Girls-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-300x79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/How-Will-COVID-19-Affect-Women-and-Girls-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/How-Will-COVID-19-Affect-Women-and-Girls-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-1024x268.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/How-Will-COVID-19-Affect-Women-and-Girls-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries-768x201.png 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/How-Will-COVID-19-Affect-Women-and-Girls-in-Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries.png 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>HOW WILL COVID-19 AFFECT WOMEN AND GIRLS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES?<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/expert\/david-evans\">David Evans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Policymakers should be thinking\u2014and worried\u2014about how COVID-19 is expected to disproportionately affect women and girls. Gender inequality can come into even starker focus in the context of health emergencies. With COVID-19 continuing to spread, what do we see so far\u2014and what can we expect in the future\u2014in terms of the impacts on women and girls?<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/how-will-covid-19-affect-women-and-girls-in-low-and-middle-income-countries\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2637\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Homemade-Folbre-Blog-Image-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Homemade-Folbre-Blog-Image-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Homemade-Folbre-Blog-Image.png 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>THE HOMEMADE VALUE-ADDED STABILIZER<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Nancy+Folbre\">Nancy Folbre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShelter in place\u201d 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. \u00a0Unpaid work served not only as a social safety net, but also as an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/a\/automaticstabilizer.asp\">automatic stabilizer<\/a>. While it didn\u2019t dampen fluctuations in official Gross Domestic Product, as did unemployment insurance, it clearly helped stabilize consumption.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-homemade-value-added-stabilizer\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2624\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CenterForGlobalDevelopmentImage-LArge-300x170.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CenterForGlobalDevelopmentImage-LArge-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CenterForGlobalDevelopmentImage-LArge.png 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>PLAYING THE LONG GAME: HOW A GENDER LENS CAN MITIGATE HARM CAUSED BY PANDEMICS<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/expert\/megan-odonnell\">Megan O\u2019Donnell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When crisis hits, longer-term thinking can easily, and understandably, be cast as a distraction or a luxury\u2014even when it relates to tackling critical issues like gender inequality, climate change, or extreme poverty.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/playing-the-long-game-how-a-gender-lens-can-mitigate-harm-caused-by-pandemics\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2605\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Figure-2-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Figure-2-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Figure-2.png 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>INVISIBLE FRONTLINERS: MIGRANT CARE WORKERS IN THE TIME OF COVID-19<\/p>\n<p>By Amy King-Dejardin<\/p>\n<p>The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed fault lines in national healthcare and social protection systems that have made many countries \u2013 developed as well as developing \u2013 unable to quickly and efficiently deal with this new health crisis and its disastrous consequences on jobs and incomes.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/invisible-frontliners-migrant-care-workers-in-the-time-of-covid-19\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2609\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Image-for-the-latest-page-Emiko-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Image-for-the-latest-page-Emiko-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Image-for-the-latest-page-Emiko.png 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\u201cBEING AT HOME\u201d IS NOT FREE \u2013 MAKING INFORMAL CARE PROVISION VISIBLE AND PROVIDING SUPPORT DURING THE PANDEMIC<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/emiko-ochiai\/\">Emiko Ochiai<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Japanese Government responded to the COVID 19 crisis by declaring a state of emergency and announcing an economic stimulus of 108 trillion yen<\/strong>, 6 trillion of which is allocated to households and small to midsized businesses. <strong>However, care work is not mentioned in this state of emergency.<\/strong> In the face of this pandemic, the government should be taking into account the increased burden of home care that is brought on in addition to the concerns regarding the collapse of medical care.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/being-at-home-is-not-free-making-informal-care-provision-visible-and-providing-support-during-the-pandemic\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2550\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Turkish-Flag-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Turkish-Flag-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Turkish-Flag.png 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>THOSE UNPROTECTED BY THE \u201cECONOMIC STABILITY SHIELD\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Emel+Memi\u015f\">Emel Memi\u015f, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/academics.boun.edu.tr\/mkoyuncu\/\">Murat Koyuncu<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/boun.academia.edu\/\u015eemsa\u00d6zar\">\u015eemsa \u00d6zar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brief note raises two issues: First, the widening of gender inequalities in unpaid care work and second, the potential gendered outcomes of rising formal and informal unemployment in the affected sectors in Turkey.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-unprotected-by-the-economic-stability-shield\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2471\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Peng-Floro-Blog-Image-2-300x163.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Peng-Floro-Blog-Image-2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Peng-Floro-Blog-Image-2.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/>COVID-19 IS TESTING THE NORM: GENDER DYNAMICS AND CARE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Ito+Peng\">Ito Peng <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Maria+Floro\">Maria Floro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 crisis has upended lives around the world. It has forced cities and countries to enforce lockdown and social distancing regulations. Schools and businesses are closed and people are told to self-isolate, stay home, telework (if your job allows), to not go out except to get essential things, and care for each other but in distance.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/covid-19-is-testing-the-norm-gender-dynamics-and-care-in-the-midst-of-the-pandemic\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2441\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/folbre-again-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/folbre-again-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/folbre-again.png 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ARE WE ALL CAREWORKERS NOW?<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Nancy+Folbre\">Nancy Folbre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/are-we-all-care-workers-now\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2222\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of woman using a walker\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/close-up-of-metal-walker-P83F66M.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A TIME FOR REFLECTION ON CARE<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Maria+Floro\">Maria Floro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The world outside my study is churning and whirling\u2026 as it is engulfed with the fast-evolving\u00a0health situations in communities around the globe. There are many unknowns about the<br \/>\nCOVID-19 illness that has spread rapidly in every continent and the presence of\u00a0uncertainty\u2014big time\u2014has rattled governments, shaken markets, and upended our daily\u00a0routines, to say the least.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/a-time-for-reflection-on-care\/?preview=true\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2430\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/LevyBlogimage-2-300x136.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/LevyBlogimage-2-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/LevyBlogimage-2.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/>UPDATE: INTENSIVE COURSE IN GENDER-SENSITIVE MACROECONOMIC MODELING FOR POLICY ANALYSIS<\/p>\n<p><em>CWE Announcement<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <u><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/intensivecourse\/\">Intensive Course in Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Modeling for Policy Analysis<\/a><\/u> to be held at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (Blithewood, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY) in July 2020 has been <strong>postponed to July 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/update-intensive-course-in-gender-sensitive-macroeconomic-modeling-for-policy-analysis\/?preview_id=2427&amp;preview_nonce=f3b721fe5d&amp;post_format=standard&amp;_thumbnail_id=2443&amp;preview=true\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2618\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Values-of-Carework-Image-300x104.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Values-of-Carework-Image-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Values-of-Carework-Image-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/Values-of-Carework-Image.png 913w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>STAKEHOLDERS COME TOGETHER IN SOUTH KOREA TO DISCUSS CARE \u00a0WORK &amp; SOCIAL INCLUSION<\/p>\n<p><em>CWE Announcement<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On October 29, 2019, the Care Work and the Economy Project (CWE-GAM) and its partner in South Korea the Center for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion (CMTS), which was officially launched in August of this year under the Institute of International Affairs at SNU GSIS, hosted an international conference on \u201cValues of Care Work and Social Inclusion.\u201d Five other institutions joined efforts to lend generous support for this event, including Open Society Foundations and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/stakeholders-come-together-in-south-korea-to-discuss-care-work-social-inclusion\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2660\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/A-GENDERED-SOCIAL-ACCOUNTING-MATRIX-FOR-SOUTH-KOREA-1-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/A-GENDERED-SOCIAL-ACCOUNTING-MATRIX-FOR-SOUTH-KOREA-1-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/A-GENDERED-SOCIAL-ACCOUNTING-MATRIX-FOR-SOUTH-KOREA-1.png 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A GENDERED SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX FOR SOUTH KOREA<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/binderiya-byambasuren\/\">Binderiya Byambasuren<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?s=Kijon+Kim\">Kijon Kim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/hans-lofgren\/\">Hans Lofgren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A social accounting matrix (SAM) is an economy-wide consistent representation of the payments in an economy, linking production, primary factors, and institutions (the latter often split into households, government, and the rest of the world).<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/lofgren-et-al-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-335\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"Mother and child\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy-1024x369.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy-1200x433.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/policy.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>GLIMPSE OF FAMILY CAREGIVERS\u2019 CONTEXT: ACTUAL TIME VS. DESIRED TIME FOR CARE<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/seung-eun-cha\/\">Seung-Eun Cha<\/a><a class=\"policy-post-header-link\" href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/seung-eun-cha\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/hyuna-moon\/\">Hyuna Moon\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Attitudes towards family care are changing. Only 27% of Koreans surveyed in 2018 agreed that the family is responsible for elderly family member care. As for population aging, the middle age group of Korean society is becoming a true \u201cSandwiched Generation\u201d (supporting both unmarried children and elderly parents) due to the longevity increase among elderly parents and postponement of marriage among the young generation.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/cha-moon-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2658\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FAMILY-CAREGIVERS\u2019-ELDER-CARE-UNDERSTANDING-THEIR-HARD-TIME-AND-CARE-BURDEN.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FAMILY-CAREGIVERS\u2019-ELDER-CARE-UNDERSTANDING-THEIR-HARD-TIME-AND-CARE-BURDEN.png 199w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/FAMILY-CAREGIVERS\u2019-ELDER-CARE-UNDERSTANDING-THEIR-HARD-TIME-AND-CARE-BURDEN-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/>FAMILY CAREGIVERS\u2019 ELDER CARE: UNDERSTANDING THEIR HARD TIME AND CARE BURDEN<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/hyuna-moon\/\">Hyuna Moon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/seung-eun-cha\/\">Seung-Eun Cha<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ito-peng\/\">Ito Peng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to the imminent aging problem in South Korea, the National Long-Term Care Insurance (NLTCI) system was introduced in 2008. The goal of the NLTCI was to give support to the families who are taking care of their elderly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/moon-et-al-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2657\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CARE-ARRANGEMENT-AND-CAREGIVING-ACTIVITIES-IN-SOUTH-KOREA-AN-ANALYSIS-OF-2018-CARE-WORK-FAMILY-SURVEYS-ON-CHILDCARE-AND-ELDERCARE.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"285\" \/>CAREGIVING ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH KOREA: AN ANALYSIS OF 2018 CARE WORK FAMILY SURVEYS ON CHILDCARE AND ELDERCARE<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/eunhye-kang\/\">Eunhye Kang<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ki-soo-eun\/\">Ki-Soo Eun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rise of the care crisis in South Korea has evolved with Korea\u2019s demographic shifts, increasing female workforce participation, and changes in the norms and values of family and care over previous decades. Childcare and eldercare, once regarded as women\u2019s typical role within the family, are now gaining more social recognition in the public realm.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/kang-eun-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2656\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/MEASURING-THE-OVERALL-STRAIN-OF-CAREGIVING-A-MULTIDIMENSIONAL-APPROACH-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/MEASURING-THE-OVERALL-STRAIN-OF-CAREGIVING-A-MULTIDIMENSIONAL-APPROACH-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/MEASURING-THE-OVERALL-STRAIN-OF-CAREGIVING-A-MULTIDIMENSIONAL-APPROACH.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>MEASURING THE OVERALL STRAIN OF CAREGIVING: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROAC<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/jiweon-jun\/\">Jiweon Jun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ki-soo-eun\/\">Ki-Soo Eun<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ito-peng\/\">Ito Peng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Providing care for others, especially for the frail elderly and young children, is one of the most important forms of human work that sustains our existence. However, caregiving is also often challenging and strenuous. Many informal caregivers are known to suffer negative physical, emotional, and social outcomes, and are at risk of losing their own health and well-being.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/jun-et-al-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2651\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/POLICY-ANALYSIS-IN-A-MACROECONOMIC-MODEL-OF-SOCIAL-REPRODUCTION.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/POLICY-ANALYSIS-IN-A-MACROECONOMIC-MODEL-OF-SOCIAL-REPRODUCTION.png 198w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/POLICY-ANALYSIS-IN-A-MACROECONOMIC-MODEL-OF-SOCIAL-REPRODUCTION-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>POLICY ANALYSIS IN A MACROECONOMIC MODEL OF SOCIAL REPRODUCTION<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/elissa-braunstein\/\">Elissa Braunstein<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/daniele-tavani\/\">Daniele Tavani<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since the 1990s, unpaid work and care have garnered increasing academic attention, creating the emerging fields of the economics of unpaid work and the study of \u201cthe care economy.\u201d Most of the earlier work was oriented toward microeconomics, focusing on issues such as the household division of labor, subsistence production in developing countries, the substitution between non-market and market goods and services in households, and the role of caring motivations in sectors of the labor market in developed and developing countries.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/braunstein-tavani-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2663\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/EXTENDING-THE-CWE-GAM-WORK-BEYOND-2020--300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/EXTENDING-THE-CWE-GAM-WORK-BEYOND-2020--300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/EXTENDING-THE-CWE-GAM-WORK-BEYOND-2020-.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>EXTENDING THE CWE-GAM WORK BEYOND 2020: PARTNER INSTITUTION SNU LAUNCHES THE NEW CENTRE FOR TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN SOUTH KOREA<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ki-soo-eun\/\">Ki-Soo Eun<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/jiweon-jun\/\">Jiweon Jun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Project partner Seoul National University (SNU) launched the new <em><u>Centre for Transnational Migration and Socia Inclusion<\/u><\/em> this September. The Centre hopes to ensure that the research and analysis undertaken on care work and the relationships developed with advocacy groups and policymakers by the CWE-GAM Project team in Seoul will lead to long-lasting impacts in the country.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/snucentre\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-349\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/hands-1-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Baby's hand over mother's hand\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/hands-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/hands-1.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>INFORMAL CAREGIVING, FAMILY POWER DYNAMICS, AND LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ray-miller\/\">Ray Miller<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/neha-bairoliya\/\">Neha\u00a0Bairoliya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A growing concern in many countries is an aging population and an increase in the number of elderly in need of long-term care (LTC). However, the economic and welfare implications of LTC provision remain relatively understudied. One of the primary factors which complicate welfare analysis is that a bulk of elderly care is provided by family members.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/miller-bairoliya-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2654\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/IMPACT-OF-INVESTING-IN-SOCIAL-CARE-ON-EMPLOYMENT-GENERATION-TIME-AND-INCOME-POVERTY-AND-GENDER-GAPS-A-MACRO-MICRO-POLICY-SIMULATION-FOR-TURKEY-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/IMPACT-OF-INVESTING-IN-SOCIAL-CARE-ON-EMPLOYMENT-GENERATION-TIME-AND-INCOME-POVERTY-AND-GENDER-GAPS-A-MACRO-MICRO-POLICY-SIMULATION-FOR-TURKEY-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/IMPACT-OF-INVESTING-IN-SOCIAL-CARE-ON-EMPLOYMENT-GENERATION-TIME-AND-INCOME-POVERTY-AND-GENDER-GAPS-A-MACRO-MICRO-POLICY-SIMULATION-FOR-TURKEY.png 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>IMPACT OF INVESTING IN SOCIAL CARE ON EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, TIME- AND INCOME-POVERTY AND GENDER GAPS: A MACRO-MICRO POLICY SIMULATION FOR TURKEY<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ipek-ilkkaracan\/\">\u0130pek \u0130lkkaracan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/emel-memis\/\">Emel Memi\u015f<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/kijong-kim\/\">Kijong Kim<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ajit-zacharias\/\">Ajit Zacharias\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Feminist economists have long emphasized the recognition, reduction and redistribution of unpaid care work (the so-called 3R strategy) as a primary policy intervention towards closing of the gender economic gaps. Investing in a social care infrastructure is an important component of the 3R strategy.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/ilkkaracanetal2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2665\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CWE-RESEARCH-TEAM-PRESENTS-PROTOTYPE-MODEL-OF-THE-CARE-ECONOMY-AT-CONFERENCE-IN-COLOMBIA-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CWE-RESEARCH-TEAM-PRESENTS-PROTOTYPE-MODEL-OF-THE-CARE-ECONOMY-AT-CONFERENCE-IN-COLOMBIA-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/CWE-RESEARCH-TEAM-PRESENTS-PROTOTYPE-MODEL-OF-THE-CARE-ECONOMY-AT-CONFERENCE-IN-COLOMBIA.png 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>CWE RESEARCH TEAM PRESENTS PROTOTYPE MODEL OF THE CARE ECONOMY AT CONFERENCE IN COLOMBIA<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/hans-lofgren\/\">Hans Lofgren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>June 13-15, I attended the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, held in Cartagena, Colombia, to present and discuss a draft of an early project output, titled \u201cCare in an Aging East Asian Economy: Simulating the impacts of policies on gender roles, labor markets, and household welfare\u201d and coauthored with two CWE Researcher colleagues, Marzia Fontana and Kijong Kim.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/cwe-research-team-presents-prototype-model-of-the-care-economy-at-conference-in-colombia\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2653\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-EFFECTS-OF-PUBLIC-SOCIAL-INFRASTRUCTURE-AND-GENDER-EQUALITY-ON-OUTPUT-AND-EMPLOYMENT-THE-CASE-OF-SOUTH-KOREA-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-EFFECTS-OF-PUBLIC-SOCIAL-INFRASTRUCTURE-AND-GENDER-EQUALITY-ON-OUTPUT-AND-EMPLOYMENT-THE-CASE-OF-SOUTH-KOREA-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-EFFECTS-OF-PUBLIC-SOCIAL-INFRASTRUCTURE-AND-GENDER-EQUALITY-ON-OUTPUT-AND-EMPLOYMENT-THE-CASE-OF-SOUTH-KOREA.png 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>THE EFFECTS OF PUBLIC SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENDER EQUALITY ON OUTPUT AND EMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/cem-oyvat\/\">Cem Oyvat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ozlem-onaran\/\">\u00d6zlem Onaran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the Global Gender Gap Index of the World Economic Forum (2018), South Korea is one of the lowest ranked countries in the world in terms of \u201cEconomic Participation and Opportunity\u201d (124th out of 149 countries) as of 2018. The Global Gender Gap Index also shows that South Korea ranks 88th in terms of female labor force participation and 121st in terms of gender wage equality for similar work.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/onaranovyat2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2666\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/OPTIONS-FOR-MODELING-THE-DISTRIBUTIONAL-IMPACT-OF-CARE-POLICIES-USING-A-COMPUTABLE-GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM-CGE-FRAMEWORK-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/OPTIONS-FOR-MODELING-THE-DISTRIBUTIONAL-IMPACT-OF-CARE-POLICIES-USING-A-COMPUTABLE-GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM-CGE-FRAMEWORK-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/OPTIONS-FOR-MODELING-THE-DISTRIBUTIONAL-IMPACT-OF-CARE-POLICIES-USING-A-COMPUTABLE-GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM-CGE-FRAMEWORK.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>OPTIONS FOR MODELING THE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT OF CARE POLICIES USING A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) FRAMEWORK<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/marzia-fontana\/\">Marzia Fontana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/carmen-estrades\/\">Carmen Estrades<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/binderiya-byambasuren\/\">Binderiya Byambasuren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The importance of public investment and adequate care policies for gender equality has come to the forefront of the policy agenda in recent years. The Sustainable Development Goals framework for the first time explicitly recognizes the unequal distribution of unpaid domestic work and care as main source of gender inequality.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/fontanaetal2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2655\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROVISION-OF-ELDERLY-CARE-AND-THE-MACROECONOMY-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROVISION-OF-ELDERLY-CARE-AND-THE-MACROECONOMY-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROVISION-OF-ELDERLY-CARE-AND-THE-MACROECONOMY.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>THE PROVISION OF ELDERLY CARE AND THE MACROECONOMY<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/lidia-brun\/\">L\u00eddia Brun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/ignacio-gonzalez-garcia\/\">Ignacio\u00a0 Gonzalez Garcia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/bong-sun-regina-seo\/\">Bong Sun (Regina) Seo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dramatic increase in life expectancy in most developed and developing countries over the last few decades has led to renewed discussions around elderly care policy options, and the debates are expected to intensify as the ratio of elderly to working-age adults continues to rise. According to United Nations, the share of people aged 60 years or over is growing faster than all younger age groups.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/brunetal2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2664\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/50-RESEARCHERS-COME-TOGETHER-FOR-2019-ANNUAL-MEETING-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/50-RESEARCHERS-COME-TOGETHER-FOR-2019-ANNUAL-MEETING-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/50-RESEARCHERS-COME-TOGETHER-FOR-2019-ANNUAL-MEETING.png 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>50 RESEARCHERS COME TOGETHER FOR 2019 ANNUAL MEETING<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/bong-sun-regina-seo\/\">Bong Sun (Regina) Seo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>he Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) held its 2nd Annual Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland on June 30-July 2, 2019. The network of 50 researchers and stakeholders convened to discuss the project\u2019s progress since its 2018 Annual Meeting in Berlin.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/50-researchers-come-together-for-2019-annual-meeting\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2661\" src=\"http:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROGRESSION-OF-SOUTH-KOREA\u2019S-CHILDCARE-MODEL-300x179.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROGRESSION-OF-SOUTH-KOREA\u2019S-CHILDCARE-MODEL-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/05\/THE-PROGRESSION-OF-SOUTH-KOREA\u2019S-CHILDCARE-MODEL.png 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>THE PROGRESSION OF SOUTH KOREA\u2019S CHILDCARE MODEL<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/seung-eun-cha\/\">Seung-Eun Cha<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/hyuna-moon\/\">Hyuna Moon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/expert\/eunhye-kang\/\">Eunhye Kang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s childcare model started developing when the Child Welfare Act (the Act) was first introduced in 1962. Prior to that, no solid policy for childcare existed, as the country was in a period of political and social turmoil after the Korean war (1950-1953). Thanks to the Act, several nursery facilities were built during this period with foreign assistance, although with the narrow objective of relieving the poor and supporting numerous orphans who lost their parents during the war (Kang, 2002).<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/the-progression-of-south-koreas-childcare-model\/\">Read More<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEATURED CONTENT &nbsp; 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1621,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2533","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}