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Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worth

  • Written by Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra
Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion, new research shows. See how much your unpaid labour is worthCanva/The Conversation, CC BY-SA

All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an essential thread that keeps our economy stitched together.

But they’re not recognised in official economic statistics.

My new research puts a dollar...

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