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A Care-Led Recovery From Covid-19: Investing in High-Quality Care to Stimulate And Rebalance The Economy
Feminist Economics ( IF 2.821 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-01 , DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2020.1845390
Jérôme De Henau 1 , Susan Himmelweit 2
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The COVID-19 pandemic has both devastated employment prospects, particularly of women, and exposed the longstanding neglect of care systems and poor employment conditions of care workers. Most recovery programs propose to stimulate employment by focusing on investment in construction, ignoring gender equality issues. This paper argues for public investment in high-quality care services and better conditions for care workers to build a more gender-equal caring economy. Using input–output analysis, across selected European Union countries and the United States, the study shows a care-led recovery has superior employment outcomes to investment in construction, even when wages and hours are matched. In particular, matching employment and wages in care to the high levels of Scandinavian countries would raise employment rates by more than 5 percentage points and halve most gender employment gaps, while the net cost of investment in construction that achieved as much would generally be at least twice as high.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Public investment in high-quality care is vital to building a more gender-equal economy.

  • Recovery from COVID-19 requires investment in social, not just physical, infrastructure.

  • A care-led, rather than construction-led, recovery program creates more jobs and reduces gender inequality.

  • More jobs would be created even when employment conditions for care workers are improved.

  • A more caring economy, employing more people in care jobs, is also a greener economy.



中文翻译:

Covid-19的精心带领下的复苏:投资于高质量的护理以刺激和平衡经济

COVID-19大流行既破坏了就业前景,尤其是妇女的就业前景,并暴露了长期以来对医疗体系的忽视和护理工作者的恶劣就业条件。大多数恢复计划建议通过专注于对建筑的投资来刺激就业,而忽略性别平等问题。本文主张在高质量护理服务方面进行公共投资,并为护理人员建立更平等的关怀经济提供更好的条件。使用投入产出分析,在选定的欧盟国家和美国,研究显示,即使工资和工时相称,以护理为导向的复苏也比建筑投资具有更好的就业成果。尤其是,

强调

  • 对高质量护理的公共投资对于建设更加平等的经济至关重要。

  • 从COVID-19中进行恢复需要投资于社会基础设施,而不仅仅是物理基础设施。

  • 以护理为主导而非以建筑为主导的恢复计划可创造更多就业机会,并减少性别不平等。

  • 即使改善了护理人员的就业条件,也将创造更多的就业机会。

  • 更具关怀的经济,雇用更多的人从事护理工作,也是一种绿色经济。

更新日期:2021-03-29
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