1st Edition

Women, Work and the Care Economy

346 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Women, Work and the Care Economy explores the critical intersection between gender, labor, and caregiving. The book is divided into four sections, encompassing a diverse range of topics. The theoretical section highlights the challenges of integrating intersectionality into feminist economics, emphasizing the sustainability of life as a transformative framework and linking critical feminist... Read more

Chapter 1: Intersectionality Challenges in Feminist Economics

By Gisela Carrasco-Miró

Chapter 2: Sustainability of Life as a Differentiated Approach in Feminist Economics

By Astrid Agenjo-Calderón

Chapter 3: Work, Oppression, and Political Solutions: A Creative Dialogue between Critical Feminist Economics and Popular Economy

By María Antonia Muñoz

Chapter 4: Co-responsibility of Domestic Work to Achieve Gender Equality

By Olga García-Luque, María López-Martínez and Myriam Rodríguez-Pasquín

Chapter 5: Feminization of Care for People with Disabilities and Its Effects on the Labor Market in Mexico

By Nadia Alejandra Jasso Uresty, Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez and Ana Laura Carrillo Cervantes

Chapter 6: Geographical Inequalities in Access to Care Services for People with Disabilities in Poverty

By Vannesa Delgadillo García, Alba Verónica Méndez Delgado and Hada Melissa Sáenz Vela

Chapter 7: Surfing Child Care: Strategies of Working Mothers

By Carla Arévalo-Wierna

Chapter 8: Feminist Identity and Its Influence on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Croatian Youth

By Mihaela Mikic, Tin Horvatinovic, Marina Dabic

Chapter 9: COVID-19 and Changes in the Gendered Division of Unpaid Labor, Job Productivity, and Job Satisfaction

By Jennifer Cohen, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Kristina M. Durante, Lisa Kaplowitz, Sevincgul Ulu and Elaine Zundl

Chapter 10: Work and Care Balance: The Missing Link in Academia

By Maria Goñi Mazzitelli, Natalia Reyes, Cecilia Lara, Valeria Regueira, Soledad Salvador, Andrea Basilio and Clara Reyes

Chapter 11: Co-responsibility for Care as a Determinant of Gender Inequality in the Mexican Labor Market

By Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez, David Castro Lugo and René Moreno Terrazas Troyo

Chapter 12: How Do Debts Affect Female-Headed Households? Analysis of the Relationship between Unpaid Care Work and Household Poverty in Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Diana Irais Cuamea Piña and Mario Camberos Castro

Chapter 13: Measuring Gender Agency Using the World Value Survey: Global Trends and National Determinants

By Sofia M. Rebrey

Chapter 14: Conclusions

Biography

Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez is a Professor–Researcher at the Faculty of Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, México.

David Castro Lugo is Professor of Economics at the Center for Socioeconomic Research at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico.