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T1 Narrowing women’s time and income gaps: An assessment of the synergies between working time reduction and universal income schemes
A1 Cieplinsk, André
A1 D’Alessandro, Simone
A1 Dwarkasing, Chandni
A1 Guarnieri, Pietro
K1 Desigualdad de géneros
K1 Inequality
K1 Time use
K1 Unpaid work
K1 Care work
K1 Working time reduction
K1 Basic income
K1 6309.09 Posición Social de la Mujer
AB This paper departs from the hypothesis that policies targeting time poverty have the potential to reducethe gender income gap through the redistribution of time use between women and men. To this purpose,we compare two policy mixes and assess the synergies between working time reduction and two universalincome schemes: a basic income and care income programme. While the former provides every individualwith an equal monetary benefit, the latter ties monetary benefits to the amount of unpaid and carework performed by individuals. We assess the impact of these policy mixes by applying Eurogreen, amacrosimulation model tailored to Italy. Results suggest that while working time reduction directlydrives a reduction of the aggregate amount of time spent by women in unpaid work, this does not implya reduction in time poverty. The universal income schemes – and in particular the care income – promotea reduction of gender inequality in terms of income by sustaining women’s total income, but leave thewage gap between women and men unchanged.
PB Elsevier
SN 0305-750X
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67426
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/67426
LA spa
NO World Development, Marzo 2023, n. 167
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 14-oct-2024