Eldercare, like other forms of care work, is often taken for granted and undervalued. The burdens as well as the failures of providing care for the elderly are often borne disproportionately by women.
The world is aging as fertility and mortality are both decreasing. This article focuses on practical care work for the elderly.
This paper examines gender differences in the impact of paid and unpaid productive activities on well-being.
Thoughtful economists have long been aware of the limitations of national accounting and GDP in measuring economic activity and material well-being.
This paper analyzes the factors that influence the conditions under which a woman in India participates as a home-based worker using secondary level data at the micro level.