Unpaid household work and the distribution of extended income: The Norwegian experience |
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| Authors: | Iulie Aslaksen Charlotte Koren |
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| Institution: | 1. Research Department, Statistics Norway, P.O. Box 8131 Dep., 0033 Oslo, Norway, e-mail: iua@ssb.no;2. INAS Institute of Applied Social Research, Munthes gate 31, 0260 Oslo, Norway, e-mail: cko@isaf.no |
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| Abstract: | Measurement of unpaid household work is important in order to better understand income distribution as well as to give visibility to women's work and achieve more comprehensive estimates of the level of economic activity. This article surveys estimates of unpaid household work in Norway for use in national accounts and analysis of consumption possibilities. The latter are measured by extended income, defined as income after tax plus the value of unpaid household work. We find that extended income appears to be more evenly distributed than money income. |
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| Keywords: | Household work time budget surveys extended income satellite accounts |
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