Unpaid Work versus Commodification. Towards a division of responsibilities between Home, market and State

Authors

  • Cristina García Sainz Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Abstract

The article deals with the lack of consideration of unpaid work in economics and the need to revise that invisibility with respect to the current job diversity and to the contribution of the domestic sector to wealth and welfare. The distribution of the total amount of work shows the unbalance between paid and unpaid work in relation to gender and, consequently, the unequal income participation of men and women. The quantification of unpaid work in terms of time and monetary cost, as GIP percentage, does not mean mercatilisation of that work but a way of valuing it socially. We do not speak of salarisation but of a share of responsabilities between the families, the market and the State.

Author Biography

Cristina García Sainz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Profesora de sociología en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Las líneas de investigación en las que se centra son la dimensión no remunerada del trabajo y la carga global de trabajo. En relación con ellas, las áreas de estudio preferentes abarcan la sociología del trabajo, la sociología económica y la sociología del género. Entre sus últimas publicaciones destacan: Entre valor y precio. Notas sobre el proceso de valoración del trabajo no remunerado, (Ágora, 2001; Generalitat de Cataluña, 2002) y Organización del trabajo y autonomía personal. Apuntes para un debate sobre flexibilidad y conciliación, (en prensa).

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Published

2008-01-01

How to Cite

García Sainz, C. (2008). Unpaid Work versus Commodification. Towards a division of responsibilities between Home, market and State. Spanish Journal of Sociology, (2). Retrieved from https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/res/article/view/64871

Issue

No. 2 (2002): Sumario Número 2

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