Is housework unpaid work?

Abstract

Looks at the historical positioning of housework as unpaid and questions the correctness of this idea. States that there is a fundamental theoretical error in defining housework as unpaid as market concepts are being applied to non‐market work. Continues to distinguish between the two markets considering the features of both, outlining the gender differences and the recent changes in the twentieth century.

Citation

Blackburn, R.M. (1999), "Is housework unpaid work?", International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 19 No. 7/8, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443339910788839