Counting Women's Work 8/9/18 Counting Women's Work 8/9/18

CWW Working Paper No. 5

CWW Working Paper WP5 is by B. Piedad Urdinola and Jorge A. Tovar, and details the CWW research for Colombia. It is entitled Time Use and Gender in Colombia.

The fifth publication in the Counting Women’s Work working paper series focuses on results for Colombia. CWW working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.

CWW Working Paper WP5 is by B. Piedad Urdinola and Jorge A. Tovar, and details the CWW research for Colombia. It is entitled Time Use and Gender in Colombia and can be downloaded below.

Counting Women's Work 8/8/18 Counting Women's Work 8/8/18

CWW Working Paper No. 4

This paper discusses the methodology used by researchers in the CWW project for constructing National Time Transfer Accounts (NTTA). The NTTAs measure the production and consumption of household production or unpaid care across the lifecycle, and the transfers across age groups implied by the patterns of these two flows.

CWW Working Paper WP4 is authored by Principal Investigator and Project Director Gretchen Donehower, and details the CWW methodology. The working paper, Measuring the Gendered Economy: Counting Women’s Work Methodology, can be downloaded below.

Counting Women's Work 5/24/18 Counting Women's Work 5/24/18

CWW Working Paper No.3

CWW Working Paper WP3 is by Eugenia Amporfu, Daniel Sakyi, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Eric Arthur and Jacob Novignon, and details the CWW research for Ghana. It is entitled: The Distribution of Paid and Unpaid Work among Men and Women in Ghana: The National Time Transfer Accounts Approach.

Today we publish the third of the Counting Women's Work Working Papers. These working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.

Counting Women's Work 5/23/18 Counting Women's Work 5/23/18

CWW Policy Brief No. 1

CWW Policy Brief No. 1 demonstrates the importance of CWW research for a number of policy areas in developing countries. It is entitled How “Counting Women’s Work” Matters: Evidence from the Global South.

The first publication in the Counting Women’s Work working paper series focuses on results across a diverse group of countries in the “global south.” The analysis demonstrates that unpaid care work is a huge part of economic activity in these countries. Recognizing and understanding this vast but usually ignored sector of the economy has implications for policies related to labor force participation, girls’ education, family policy, and human capital investment.

CWW Policy Brief No. 1 is entitled How “Counting Women’s Work” Matters: Evidence from the Global South and can be downloaded below.

Counting Women's Work 1/22/18 Counting Women's Work 1/22/18

CWW Working Paper No.2

CWW Working Paper WP2 is by Estela Rivero and details the CWW research for Mexico. It is entitled: Intergenerational time transfers and their contribution to Mexico's economy in 2014.

Today we publish the second of the Counting Women's Work Working Papers. These working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.

CWW Working Paper WP2 is by Estela Rivero and details the CWW research for Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Working Papers page. It is entitled: Intergenerational time transfers and their contribution to Mexico's economy in 2014.

Counting Women's Work 1/19/18 Counting Women's Work 1/19/18

CWW Working Paper No. 1

CWW Working Paper WP1 is by Pamela Jiménez-Fontana and details the CWW research for Costa Rica. It is entitled: Challenges to increase female labor force participation: Gender Inequality in Costa Rica.

Today we publish a Counting Women's Work Working Paper from Costa Rica. These working papers provide more detailed analysis than the Country Reports and are authored by the CWW country teams.