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Wartość pracy domowej – wycena empiryczna na podstawie ogólnopolskiego badania budżetu czasu ludności
Monetary value of housework – empirical estimation based on time use survey in Poland

Author(s): Ilona Błaszczak-Przybycińska
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: household; household production; housework

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the results of estimation of housework in Poland in 2012. The estimation was based on the market cost method. Empirical estimation of household production is an important problem. According to Eurostat recommendations, satellite accounts of household production will be a permanent element of the system of social statistics. Regular estimations of housework, made in the framework of household production accounts, could help improvie social policy in different countries and increase public awareness of the problem.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 364
  • Page Range: 44-59
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish