Screen LibraryThe Economic Lifecycle, Gender and Intergenerational Support : National Transfer Accounts for Italy /
This book examines economic transfers across generations and genders from a European perspective. It addresses key challenges that contemporary societies face in regards to ageing, welfare sustainability, and intergenerational and gender equity. Coverage also offers important insights into an often...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62669-7 |
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This book examines economic transfers across generations and genders from a European perspective. It addresses key challenges that contemporary societies face in regards to ageing, welfare sustainability, and intergenerational and gender equity. Coverage also offers important insights into an often invisible side of the economy, namely the contribution of women who because of the gender contract largely engage in unpaid work in the household. The book presents a detailed analysis of resource reallocation across population members in Italy, which encompasses the age and the gender perspective |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XII, 88 pages): illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319626697 |
| Index Number: | HB848 |
| CLC: | C92 |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction -- 2. The Generational and the Gender Contract -- 3. Crafting age-specific national accounts: National Transfer Accounts data and methods for Italy -- 4. Age, Economy and Welfare. National Transfer Accounts results for Italy -- 5. Women Work, Time Transfers and Informal welfare -- 6. Concluding Remarks. |