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Time to care! Work, life and inequality in the care economy
Sweeney, Robert Thissen, Laeticia
Sweeney, Robert
Thissen, Laeticia
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Robert Sweeney, Laeticia Thissen, 'Time to care! Work, life and inequality in the care economy', [report], Foundation for European Progressive Studies, 2020-07-30, FEPS Policy paper, July 2020
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The distribution of care work in a society plays a central role in the formation of inequality between men and women. The structure of care provision, or the distribution of caring responsibilities, is perhaps the largest single factor in the continuation of gender inequalities. As Europe emerges from the crisis, a long-overdue conversation needs to be had about the value we place on care work, which is disproportionately shouldered by women. The care economy has an overall positive impact on economic equality between the sexes, although the relationship is very complex. Based on the forthcoming FEPS-TASC report "Cherishing All Equally: inequality and the care economy" (September 2020), this policy brief reviews some of the main results and their policy implications in the light of the current pandemic hitting women disproportionally.
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2020-07-30
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Foundation for European Progressive Studies