As the aging population increases, the demand for informal caregiving is becoming an ever more important concern for researchers and policy-makers alike. To shed light on the …
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is altering dynamics in academia, and people juggling remote work and domestic demands–including childcare–have felt impacts …
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Previous research has shown that women are disproportionately negatively affected by a variety of socio-economic hardships, many of which COVID-19 is making worse. In …
Cross-sectional evidence in the United States finds that informal caregivers have less attachment to the labor force. The causal mechanism is unclear: do children who work less …
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Family members are the primary source of support for older adults with chronic illness and disability. Thousands of published empirical studies and dozens of reviews have …
Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …
AV Chari, J Engberg, KN Ray… - Health services …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To provide nationally representative estimates of the opportunity costs of informal elder-care in the United States. Data Sources Data from the 2011 and 2012 American Time …
Older adults (65+) are becoming primary users of emerging smart systems, especially in health care. However, these technologies are often not designed for older users and can …
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …