{"id":5463,"date":"2021-08-23T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T10:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T20:41:18","slug":"the-journey-of-the-care-work-and-the-economy-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.american.edu\/careworkeconomy\/blog\/2021\/08\/23\/the-journey-of-the-care-work-and-the-economy-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of the Care Work and the Economy Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the CWE-GAM project is coming to a close, the final activities in the summer of 2021 showcased the groundbreaking research that was conducted over the past year and prompted valuable conversations between researchers, activists, donors, and more. Professor Maria Floro<\/a>, the Co-Principal Investigator of the project, launched the Concluding Annual Meeting with opening remarks that summarized the timeline, features, and accomplishments of the project.<\/p>\n

The Care Work and the Economy project began in 2017 and was built around the fundamental research goals of highlighting the impact of care work, socially and economically, and emphasizing the need for \u00a0policy agendas to address the care economy.\u00a0 The project\u2019s working groups consisted of innovative, interdisciplinary researchers who brought expertise and toolkits from a variety of schools of thought including heterodox, feminist, political economy, structural, and mainstream economics. The project used South Korea as a case study for the care economy which was made possible by a strong partnership with Korean researchers and the collection of unique time use and household survey data by the Center for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion<\/a> at Seoul National University.<\/p>\n

Over the course of the past four years, the project has hosted two annual meetings, two conferences with Korean advocacy groups, and virtual workshops during the Covid pandemic. Additionally, the project produced two policy tools for the Korean government, 33 working papers showcased on the project website, and special issues in Feminist Economics<\/em> and World Development<\/em>. The final two activities conducted by the project were the Seoul Policy Dialogue<\/a> in early June and a virtual intensive course on Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Modelling for Policy Analysis<\/a> in partnership with the Levy Institute at Bard College.<\/p>\n

To watch the full Opening Remarks of Professor Maria Floro from the Concluding Annual Meeting, see below.<\/p>\n

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