In the first study to estimate the market value of unpaid care work in Bhutan, findings from this paper show that it equates to 16% of Gross Domestic Product and over two-thirds of this monetary value is generated by women. One of the many implications is that women are necessarily spending less time on paid work and self-care (personal care and leisure) by spending more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work. Read More
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Valuing Unpaid Care Work in Bhutan (2020)
In the first study to estimate the market value of unpaid care work in Bhutan, findings from this paper show that it equates to 16% of Gross Domestic Product and over two-thirds of this monetary value is generated by women. One of the many implications is that women are necessarily spending less time on paid work and self-care (personal care and leisure) by spending more than twice as much time as men on unpaid care work. Read More