Overview

The voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied in economics. 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 that is offered by the leading array of contributors makes for a work of excellent quality. There is every chance that this book will become a seminal study on unpaid work and as such will provide a useful reference for students and academics involved in gender studies, econometrics, and consumption studies.

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Author:   Antonella Picchio
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.46
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9780415296946

ISBN 10:   0415296943
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   22 May 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Antonella Picchio Introduction 1. Antonella Picchio A Macroeconomic Approach to an Extended Standard of Living 2. Tindara Addabbo Unpaid Work by Gender in Italy 3. Tindara Addabbo and Antonella Caiumi Extended Income Estimation and Income Inequality by Gender 4. Antonella Caiumi Unpaid Work and Household Living Standard: Equivalence Scale Estimation and Intra-Family Distribution of Resources 5. Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti Unpaid Work and Household Well-Being: A Non-Monetary Assessment 6. Giuliana Campanelli 'Convenience Consumption' and Unpaid Labour Time: Paradoxes or Norms? 7. Gianna Claudia Giannelli and Chiara Monfardini Unpaid Work Consequences of Staying Home. A Gender Analysis of Young People, Family Co-Residence and Implications for Unpaid Work 8. Elisabetta Addis Unpaid and Paid Caring Work in the Reform of Welfare States 9. Tindara Addabbo and Massimo Baldini The Gender Impact of Workfare Policies in Italy and the Effect of Unpaid Work

Reviews

'Both the editor and contributors to this volume should be congratulated. This well-argued book not only bids fundamentally to retheorize 'the economic' but also seeks to shape policy with its findings.' - Progress in Human Geography Both the editor and contributors to this volume should be congratulated. This well-argued book not only bids fundamentally to retheorize 'the economic' but also seeks to shape policy with its findings. - Progress in Human Geography Unpaid Work is a rich collection of papers resulting from an impressive research project conducted in Italy using two extensive sets of survey data. --Reivew of Political Economy, Vol 18 No 2, April 2006

'Both the editor and contributors to this volume should be congratulated. This well-argued book not only bids fundamentally to retheorize 'the economic' but also seeks to shape policy with its findings.' - Progress in Human Geography

Author Information

Antonella Picchio is at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio, Emilia, Italy

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