Talk:Unpaid work

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Name change

I just changed the name of this article from unpaid workers to unpaid work because this term has more Google hits, most links go to this new term, the content in this article mostly about the concept not the occupation, and because there is low traffic here so it seems noncontroversial to move this without broader discussion. If anyone has thoughts then please comment. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Addition to Unpaid Work Page

I am considering adding to this page to include information regarding the financial valuation of unpaid domestic work to the household. I think it is important to understand the economic value of this work to better understand the financial dynamics of a household. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jbarczak (talk • contribs) 05:40, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Substantial Additions to the Unpaid Domestic Work Section

I am currently conducting research to make substantial additions to this article, specifically the unpaid domestic work section. Currently, the article is relatively short. I am very interested in the idea of placing economic value on the work women do within the home because without stay-at-home moms and unpaid work, families would need to pay for childcare and other domestic services. I think it is important to share this information with Wikipedia because it helps both men and women place financial value on the work done within the home. I am editing this article for a class assignment at the University of Chicago Law School through the Wiki Education Foundation.

I plan to add several sections and sub-sections to the unpaid work article as outlined below:

   Unpaid student interns in the United States
   Unpaid domestic work
       Definition
       Types of Unpaid Domestic Work
           Domestic Work
           Care Work
       Cause
       Effects
           Effects of Unpaid Domestic Work on Women
           Effects of Unpaid Domestic Work on Men
           Effects of Unpaid Domestic Work on Children
           Effects of Unpaid Domestic Work on Society
           Effects of Unpaid Domestic Work on the Economy
       History
       Ways to Measure Unpaid Domestic Work
           Time Use Measurement
           Collecting Data on Time Use Measurement
       Ways to Value Unpaid Domestic Work
           Opportunity Cost Method
           Replacement Cost Method
           Input-Output Cost Method
       The Double-Burden: Having a Job and Performing Unpaid Domestic Work
           Definition
           Effect of Double Burden on Women
       See also
       References (editing this section to add more references)

To update the unpaid work page I would use the following sources:

   Hirway, Indira. "Unpaid Work And The Economy: Linkages And Their Implications." 58.1 (2015): 1-21. EconLit with Full Text. Yoon, Jayoung. "Counting Care Work In Social Policy: Valuing Unpaid Child- And Eldercare In Korea." Feminist Economics 20.2 (2014): 65-89. Alternative Press Index.

   Collin, Julia. "Sharing The Load: The Gender Divide In Unpaid Work In 21St Century Australia." (2015): BASE.

   Qi, Liangshu, and Xiao-yuan Dong. "Unpaid Care Work's Interference With Paid Work And The Gender Earnings Gap In China." Feminist Economics 22.2 (2016): 143-167. Business Source Complete.

   Marphatia, Akanksha A., and Rachel Moussié. "A Question Of Gender Justice: Exploring The Linkages Between Women's Unpaid Care Work, Education, And Gender Equality." International Journal Of Educational Development 33.Gender Justice, Education and International Development: Theory, Policy and Practice (2013): 585-594. ScienceDirect.

   Lewis, Jane. "The decline of the male breadwinner model: implications for work and care." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 8.2 (2001): 152-169.
   Himmelweit, Susan. "The discovery of “unpaid work”: the social consequences of the expansion of “work”." Feminist Economics 1.2 (1995): 1-19.

   Miranda, Veerle. "Cooking, caring and volunteering: Unpaid work around the world." (2011).

   Luxton, Meg. "The UN, women, and household labour: Measuring and valuing unpaid work." Women's Studies International Forum. Vol. 20. No. 3. Pergamon, 1997.
   Budlender, Debbie, ed. Time use studies and unpaid care work. Routledge, 2010.

   Hoskyns, Catherine, and Shirin M. Rai. "Recasting the global political economy: Counting women's unpaid work." New Political Economy 12.3 (2007): 297-317.

   Carmichael, Fiona; Hulme, Claire; Sheppard, Sally;Connell, Gemma (April 2008). "Work-Life Imbalance:Informal Care and Paid Employment in the UK". Feminist Economics 14 (2): 3–35.doi:10.1080/13545700701881005.

   Folbre, Nancy. 2006. “Measuring Care: Gender, Empowerment, and the Care Economy.” Journal of Human Development 7(2): 183–199.

   Lisa Phillips (2008), ‘Silent Partners: The Role of Unpaid Market Labor in Families’, Feminist Economics, 14 (2), 37-57.

   United Nations Development Programme. 1999. “The Invisible Heart – Care and the Global Economy,” in Human Development Report 1999 New York: Oxford University Press. Ch. 3, pp. 77–83.

   Martini, Manuela, and Anna Bellavitis. "Household Economies, Social Norms And Practices Of Unpaid Market Work In Europe From The Sixteenth Century To The Present." History Of The Family (Routledge) 19.3 (2014): 273-282. Historical Abstracts.

   Kreider, Rose, and Diana Elliot. “Historical Changes in Stay-at-Home Mothers: 1969 to 2009.” Fertitlity and Family Statistics Branch, US Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/hhes/families/files/ASA2010_Kr eider_Elliott.pdf.

   Yoon, Jayoung. 2015. “Counting Care Work in Social Policy: Valuing Unpaid Child and Elder Care in Korea.” Feminist Economics Research Notes: 20(2). http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/bes/rfec-research- notes/20.2/art-5

   Mullan, Killian (July 2010). "Valuing Parental Childcare in the United Kingdom". Feminist Economics 16 (3):113–139. doi:10.1080/13545701.2010.504014.

   Phyllis Moen (1989). Working Parents. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 4.ISBN 9780299121044.

   Vaananen, Ari; May V. Kevin; Leena Ala-Mursula; Jaana Pentti; Mika Kivimaki; Jussi Vahtera (2004). "The Double Burden of and Negative Spillover Between Paid and Domestic Work: Associations with Health Among Men and Women". Women & Health 40 (3): 1–18.doi:10.1300/J013v40n03_01.

Jbarczak (talk) 18:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Comments on Changes

Hi Jbarczak!

Great changes, I love the additions. I wanted to note a few areas that I think could be strengthened in the Article and contribute to your great work so far. Specifically, on a high level note I think content addressing the statistics of who, why, and for how long (over years and in hours per day/week) people enter into this type of work. It would be great to see a breakdown on the gender divide, age divide, and country divide on this aspect to get a sense of the people we are discussing. It would also be great to have an expanded "Causes" or "Entry" section that goes into more detail on the circumstances that compel someone to enter unpaid work. I believe it probably varies across countries, income levels, etc.--or maybe not, in either case being an interesting discussion. Lastly, I would expand the section on children, particularly as the participants in unpaid work may be contributing in some countries from an early age.

Great work and I look forward to reading the Article! Cmhofley (talk) 22:51, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Hi! Great work on the article so far, it’s fairly well organized and easy to follow. I would suggest including more differing viewpoints and including material from a wider selection of sources (it seems like you have a lot of sources in the Talk page, so maybe you are in the process of adding them in), because the Effects section seems to rely heavily on one source. Also, include some images and more blue links throughout the article. I think this is a great foundation, your reworking of the article is fantastic!Neha.nigam2017 (talk) 06:49, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Review of amendments

Hi Jbarczak!

I really enjoyed reading the new additions to your article. To further improve the article, I would include a more detailed discussion on the benefits and criticisms of the methods of measuring and valuing domestic work. The contribution takes an appropriate tone but could be further improved by additional views in the existing ‘Cause’ of Unpaid Care Work section and by adding citations to the assertions in that section. If time permits, I would also expand the section on ‘Unpaid student interns in the United States’ for a more balanced discussion of the two types of unpaid work.

Keep up the good work! Scowch (talk) 21:20, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Substantial Changes

Hello everyone! I and four other people are about to make a lot of changes to this page (obviously and hopefully for the better!). First off, we're planning on changing the name from Unpaid Work to Unpaid Labor. Second, we're adding multiple new sources, including Marilyn Carr (2008), Nancy Folbre (2006), Nahid Aslanbeigui (2001), and the 1995 UNDP Report, along with a handful of others. We're also adding several new sections--like "Gender and Unpaid Work: the Gender Division" and "Relationship to the Economy and the Paid Labor Market," to name a couple. We're making big changes to sections that are already present on the page, as well; the opening paragraphs and the History section need a lot of work, especially.

We hope that these changes will go over well, as well as educate people better on the subject of unpaid labor. :)

-Alabrutto (talk) 03:00, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

SST

Was a form of unpaid labour 2402:3A80:11DB:8C94:6859:8217:EDCF:8882 (talk) 12:33, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Data section needs a rework

I noticed 'vandalism' that Cluebot reverted, the content was actually a complaint about how the Data section is confusing. I've had some issues finding the source stated on the UN Stats website, and ended up just adding a {{unclear section}} template:

Reason one: the UN stats quoted are contradictory, there aren't 672 hours in one week, is this for an entire household where multiple women are involved, measured per household? etc.

Reason two: the UN stats cited are not reachable by ordinary users. I think it should be rewritten with this as the source: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal/database -- use data series 5.4.1 (indicator SL_DOM_TSPD). Problem with that: the data is from 2011, not 2012 -- and are proportional (percentage of a person's time), not measured in hours. If the original data used to write this section can be reviewed first, that would be ideal.

It was added here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Unpaid_work&diff=756126421&oldid=756125834

User:Alabrutto added the info, but no longer seems active on Wikipedia. Komonzia (talk) 14:53, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Add A Fact: "Girls spend more time on unpaid work than boys"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

Globally, girls ages 5-14 spend 160 million more hours every day on unpaid care and domestic work than boys of the same age. These disparities intensify in adolescents and adulthood, perpetuated by longstanding norms and beliefs about women and girls’ status and role in society.

The fact comes from the following source:

https://data.unicef.org/topic/gender/gender-norms-and-unpaid-work/

Additional comments from user: Gender disparities in unpaid work

This post was generated using the Add A Fact browser extension.

Laiasolagonzalez (talk) 01:19, 11 November 2024 (UTC)