Counting Care Work

Feminist economists have long argued that unpaid family care work should be counted in economic analyses and that women's extra care burden be acknowledged. These three project reports explore these gender issues in the context of economic impact studies, national GDP accounts, and recent economist reports on preschool.

• Lovell, Vicky & and Helmuth, Allison Suppan 2009. Parents As Child Care Providers: A Menu of Parental Leave Models. Institute for Women's Policy Research Briefing Paper.
• Adriance, Shira 2009. To Gender or Not to Gender: An Analysis of Economic Impact Reports of the Child Care Sector. Cornell University.
• Pratt, James. 2009. Valuing Nonmarket Family Care Time Using National Income Accounts and the American Time Use Survey, Cornell University
• Warner, Mildred E 2009. "(Not)Valuing Care: A Review of Recent Popular Economic Reports on Preschool in the US," Feminist Economics, 15(2).

Mildred Warner presented on the Economic Importance of Early Care and Education at the Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New Administration conference on April 2nd, 2009 in Washington DC. See the slides from the presentation, or watch a video of the presentation.