Abstract
Using the baseline wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS),
collected from 2011 to 2012, this study finds that among those age 60 and above, women are 7.6
percent more likely than men to have care needs and 29.3 percent more likely than men to have
unmet needs; and that most of the gender gap in unmet needs is explained by the existence and
health status of a spouse.
Executive summary
This paper examines the transformations of the care economy in post-reform China and their
implications for gender equality and inclusive growth. The first part of research described the
economic and social trends and policy development during the reforms by drawing information
from English and Chinese literature, as well as official documents and statistics.
Abstract
This study demonstrates the usefulness of quantifying and valuing time spent on unpaid care work and explores the links between social policies, unpaid care work, and gender equality in the context of recent social care reforms in the Republic of Korea.
Abstract
This paper addresses the question of how the current growth paradigm perpetuates existing gender and environmental injustices and investigates whether these can be mitigated through a degrowth work-sharing proposal. It uses an adapted framework of the “ICE model” to illustrate how ecological processes and caring activities are structurally devalued by the monetized economy in a growth paradigm. On the one hand, this paradigm perpetuates gender injustices by reinforcing dualisms and devaluing care.
Abstract
This study argues that gendered barriers to care are limiting the progress of socially responsible investment (SRI). Anchored within the world of finance – an industry predicated on mathematical theorizing, neoclassical economic thought, and omission of relational values – the inclusion of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, a commonly used term for nonfinancial information in SRI, in investment decision making confronts several barriers. One such barrier concerns care: who cares for what, and where.
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