How to Deal With Unpaid Labor

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Other countries have experimented with such unconventional policies too for unpaid labor. In Belgium, the government dolled out vouchers to people who hired an agency to do their housework. Finland, Sweden and Denmark have chosen to give tax breaks in similar cases. And it seems to have helped in Sweden because people who opted for these subsidies grew further in their careers. They even earned $2,000 more annually.

When we wrote a story for women’s day last year we told you how women’s role in the economy gets easily distorted because their unpaid work at home isn’t officially considered while measuring economic growth. So, in today’s episode for 8th March 2023, we thought we’d expand on it a bit and dive into the value of women’s unpaid household chores and whether it calls for monetary compensation.

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