Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Antonella Picchio -- A macroeconomic approach to an extended standard of living / Antonella Picchio -- Unpaid work by gender in Italy / Tindara Addabbo -- Extended income estimation and income inequality by gender / Tindara Addabbo, Antonella Caiumi -- Unpaid work and household living standards: equivalence scale estimation and intra-family distribution of resources / Antonella Caiumi -- Unpaid work and household well-being: a non-monetary assessment / Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti -- 'Convenience consumption' and unpaid labour time: paradoxes or norms? / Giuliana Campanelli -- Young people living with their parents: the gender impact of co-residence on labour supply and unpaid work / Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Chiara Monfardini -- Unpaid and paid caring work in the reform of welfare states / Elisabeth Addis -- The gender impact of workfare policies in Italy and the effect of unpaid work / Tindara Addabbo, Massimo Baldini.

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In economics, the voluntary sector is surprisingly understudied. In order to fully understand economics, unpaid and voluntary work needs to be taken into account and afforded the same status as paid activities. This book constitutes a rigorous economic analysis with special emphasis on gender issues and covers every conceivable angle of unpaid work and all its ramifications for the modern economy.The unified vision offered by this group of leading contributors ensures this book is a work of excellent quality. There is every chance it will become a seminal study on unpaid work and as.

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