Anmerkungen:
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments January 17, 2022 erstellt
Beschreibung:
Unpaid domestic works generally carried out by women are common in every household in any society. Though it nourishes and replenishes human life, its contributions to the economy are either unaccounted for or are underestimated. If household chores are officially recognized and their valuations are made then the contribution of a homemaker would gain importance and society at large would start treating women as equal partners to men. This would enable women empowerment in a society. An attempt has been made in the present paper to make an estimation of unpaid domestic works of women and their valuation using replacement cost method and minimum wage for which micro-level primary data were collected from the state of Assam. Findings reveals that there are wide variations in no. of hours spent for different activities between male and female across different socioeconomic and demographic categories. Value of unpaid works have also been varying across geographical regions, social groups, religions, age and educational levels of workers