Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work: Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality
By fabi
The paper explores the significant role of unpaid work, predominantly undertaken by women, in the economy, and its implications for gender inequality. Highlighting unpaid work’s exclusion from GDP calculations, it emphasizes how this undervaluation affects women’s labor force participation and economic productivity. The paper advocates for policies aimed at reducing and redistributing unpaid work to enhance gender equality and economic efficiency. It suggests that such policy interventions could lead to substantial GDP gains, estimating up to 4% increases in some scenarios.
IMF (2019). “Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work: Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality”. IMF Working Paper, WP/19/225.
