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Over the past three decades, scholars and activists have been attempting to enrich the field of economics with both feminist and ecological perspectives. This essay reviews some highlights of such efforts, describes the current state of the field (particularly in regard to notions of “care”), and introduces a short symposium.
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This study illustrates the complexities involved in outsourcing domestic work to the market. It draws on an original dataset of paid domestic workers in Portugal to examine how specific tasks interact with and explain contractual arrangements. A fuzzy cluster analysis categorizes paid domestic workers into caregivers and cleaners; however, a great degree of overlap implies that caring also entails cleaning tasks necessary for the care receiver’s well-being.
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The aim of reserving months for fathers in the Swedish parental leave systemwas to increase fathers’ use of leave as well as encourage gender equality inthe home and labor market. Using data from the Swedish Social InsuranceAgency, this study investigates the effects of the reform – reserving one monthof leave for fathers in 1995 and a second month in 2002 – on gender equalityin the home.
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The Great Recession (2008–13) changed patterns in women’s employment and the use of formal and informal external childcare among mothers of young children in Spain. This paper analyzes these changes using an analytical strategy that takes into account interdependencies across the outcomes under study.