Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work : Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality /

Unpaid work, such as caring for children, the elderly, and household chores represents a significant share of economic activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid work: on average, women do two more hours of unpaid work per day than men, with la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alonso, Cristian
Other Authors: Brussevich, Mariya, Dabla-Norris, Era, Kinoshita, Yuko
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/225
Online Access:Full text available on IMF