Open AccessSocial Care and Women’s Labor Participation in Lebanon
Author(s) -
Seiko Sugita
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.69
Subject(s) - work (physics) , gross domestic product , care work , product (mathematics) , production (economics) , unpaid work , labour economics , sick leave , paid work , domestic work , economics , economic growth , business , sociology , wage , working hours , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , engineering , macroeconomics
Social care refers to work that involves connecting with other people and trying to help them meet their needs, such as caring for children, the elderly, and sick people. Teaching is also a form of caring labor, whether it is paid or unpaid. Social care is a unique type of work. Since social care does not generate financial resources and does not contribute to economic production as measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the classical definition of work has not considered it as proper work (Folbre, 2006).