Unpaid work and the economy a gender analysis of the standards of living
In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Routledge frontiers of political economy ;
46. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429695506719 |
| Summary: | In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues and covers every conceivable angle of unpaid work and all its ramifications for the modern economy.The unified vision offered by this group of leading contributors ensures this book is a work of excellent quality. There is every chance it will become a seminal study on unpaid work and as |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134433544 9781134433551 9781280175183 9780203987285 |
