Our place in ,me: Making unpaid work count

Rebecca Thistleton Execu&ve Director, The McKell Ins&tute Victoria 4 Summary This paper discusses why unpaid work needs to be quan.fied, how and why unpaid work is under-valued, and the need for unpaid work to be properly recognised as essen.al for suppor.ng paid work and reducing the burden on governments. [...] In Moldova, the 2011–2012 .me use survey results influenced employment strategies.15 Uruguay used informa.on from different .me use studies to provide the ra.onale for a comprehensive Na.onal Care Policy (2015) that codifies the func.on of care under the law and underwrites facili.es for childcare and care of the elderly. [...] 13 he case for capturing unpaid work The case for capturing unpaid work In a pivotal report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, there is a recommenda.on to broaden income measures to non-market ac.vi.es: “…for many of the services people received from other family members in the past are now purchased on the market. [...] This could be the difference between unpaid carers remaining healthy and able to provide long-term care or suffering from a lack of support to the point where they themselves, as well as the person they are caring for, are a cost to the public healthcare system in the long-term. [...] The dual roles of caring at work and home is detrimental to the mental health and long-term financial stability of people working in the care sector, as shown in the survey data suppor.ng this paper.