Full Description
This book provides a comparison of the measurement in time and monetary units of unpaid domestic work in Colombia, Costa Rica, Uruguay, and the Hispanic ethnicity in the United States. A standardized technique allows the development of comparable estimates across countries per age and gender which reveal specific behavioral patterns over the life cycle. A mixture of economic conditions, social norms, and demographic trends provide insightful explanations for the unequal burden that women and girls carry when dealing with unpaid domestic activities, an economically significant but traditionally neglected activity. As such, the book is of interested to practitioners in all social sciences, particularly sociologists, demographers, economists, and policymakers.
Contents
Introduction.- Chapter 1. Time Use Differences and Similarities between Developed and Emerging Economies in the Americas: Gretchen Donehower, B.Piedad Urdinola, Jorge A. Tovar.- Chapter 2. Home and Market Production Time Use Differentials in Colombia: B. Piedad Urdinola, Jorge A. Tovar.- Chapter 3. Time Use Patterns by Educational Level in Costa Rica: Pamela Jimémez-Fontana.- Chapter 4. Gender Differences in Home Production in Uruguay: Cecilia Lara, Cecilia González, Marisa Bucheli.- Chapter 5. Gender and Work for US Residents of Latin American and Caribbean Ancestry: Gretchen Donehouwer.- Conclusions and final observations: B. Piedad Urdinola, Jorge A. Tovar.
