unpaid work
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunpaidandwork
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unpaid
adjective
uk/ʌnˈpeɪd/us/ʌnˈpeɪd/
An unpaid debt, tax, etc. has not ...
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work
noun
uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofunpaidandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofunpaid work
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Prices of informal care were based on shadow prices forunpaidwork(meaning a standardized cost price based on general hourly wages).
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Most start by understating the problem of remuneration, some going as far as volunteering forunpaidwork.
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The valuation of time otherwise spent on leisure activities orunpaidworkis more difficult (9;20).
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Yet future problems are predicted due to privileged occupational plans and exclusion of women'sunpaidwork.
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However, if one childminder simply replaces theunpaidworkformerly done by one parent there is no real gain.
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The balance of women's paid andunpaidworkis fundamental in determining their lifetime earnings and pension entitlements.
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It has taken long to incorporate gender, care andunpaidworkin welfare state analysis.
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First, there is 'self-provisioning', which is theunpaidworkundertaken by household members for themselves and each other.
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Indirect costs included the costs of production losses due to sick leave from paid orunpaidwork.
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Forunpaidwork, such as housework, costs were estimated at a shadow price of 8.30 (18).
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In three brief sections, valuation of paid work time,unpaidworktime, and leisure are discussed.
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However, neither offers a method of adjusting wage rates for time spent onunpaidworkor leisure.
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Although it was important for women to earn a wage, for themselves or their families, housework asunpaidworkwas no less significant for them.
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It should be noted, however, that women's increasing participation in paid work has not necessarily reduced their load ofunpaidwork.
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Future government reform of the pension system should explicitly recognise both paid andunpaidworkactivity.
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For many in this group, their engagement withunpaidworkbecame more important at state pension age.
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Drawing on their own experiences, they focused more on women'sunpaidworkin the home than their productive work outside the home.
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Its ideals of gender equality go beyond other models, in their relation to time and value forunpaidworkas well as paid.
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Forgoneunpaidworkand leisure time, however, are seldom estimated in economic evaluations, and methods for calculating forgone paid work differ.
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The time allocated to informal care may otherwise have been invested in paid orunpaidworkand/or leisure.
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