Measuring what we value: the case for a Basic Care Basket
Globally, the undervaluation of care reflects deep-rooted structural challenges, such as the persistent invisibility of unpaid labor in economic measurements and policy debates.
Globally, the undervaluation of care reflects deep-rooted structural challenges, such as the persistent invisibility of unpaid labor in economic measurements and policy debates.
The ‘basic care basket’ aims to measure this undervalued domestic work and the contribution it makes to society as a whole.