Women and Unpaid Work: The Economic Consequences

Authors

  • Judith Alexander University of Regina

Abstract

Les distinctions faites par les économietes entre l'activité économique (le travail rémunéré) et l'activité non-économique (le travail non-rémunéré) sont devenues de plus en plus artificielles et trompeuses. Il en résulte de fausees prédictions quant au comportement du marché ainsi que d'absurdes explications données aux phénomènes économiques. Des exemples de ce genre sont présents dans l'inapplicabilité d'une théorie du consommateur moyen jusqu'au comportement des individue d'une société pré-induetrialisée, ainsi que face aux prédictions du PNB. La production nationale englobe la valeur donnée aux ménagères, male oublie de rendre compte de la production de la femme au foyer.

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Published

1979-04-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (1979)

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Original Research

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