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Measuring Care: Gender, Empowerment, and the Care Economy
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How should “care” be defined and measured in ways that enhance our understanding of the impact of economic development on women? This paper addresses this question, suggesting several possible approaches to the development of indices that would measure gender differences in responsibility for the financial and temporal care of dependents.
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- Authors
- Folbre, N.
- Corresponding author
- Folbre, Nancy
- ORCID
- Folbre, Nancy
- Venue
- Journal of Human Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-07
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 183-199
- ISSN
- 1464-9888 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9516
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- W2097944823
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- 23.89
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- Journal of Human Development (publishedVersion)
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- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminism, Gender, and Intersectionality
- Keywords
- care economy, gender differences, women's empowerment, care work, economic development, household responsibilities, time use
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