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Measuring Care: Gender, Empowerment, and the Care Economy
Abstract
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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“The care economy, serving essential human needs, could be designed to operate within planetary boundaries, aligning with sustainability and sufficiency principles (Coote, 2012; Folbre, 2006, p. 187).”
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Metadata
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2097944823
- Cited by
- 592
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 67 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 59 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 49 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 23.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Human Development (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- 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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