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Please read the general guidelines and evaluation rubric.

For this particular paper, I suggest you take a look at the following checklist:

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Download Folbre 2006.pdf

1. Opening: Why this paper matters

• Situate within knowledge production in social science.
• Folbre asks: Why is so much economically essential care work invisible in our measurement systems?
• Connect to Audi & Levitin in syllabus: What we measure determines what we think we know.

2. Discuss Research Question

• How should “care” be defined and measured?
• How do gendered care responsibilities shape inequality and empowerment?

3. Explain Core Concepts

• Care work categories: unpaid services, subsistence work, informal work, paid care.
• Direct vs. indirect care; care for children, elderly, sick, adults, self.
• Show why GDP, GDI, and GEM miss most care work.

Link to #6 (numeric info): measurement gaps → distorted knowledge.

4. Explain Main Problems in Current Data

• Time-use surveys undercount secondary/supervisory care.
• Poor or inconsistent definitions across countries.