A guide to public investments in the care economy: policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns

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Main Author: Ipek Ilkkaracan
Format: Entrada de enciclopedia
Published: International Labour Organization 2021
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contents A guide to public investments in the care economy: policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns Ipek Ilkkaracan This policy support tool is prepared in the framework of the UN Women and ILO Joint Programme titled “Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Policies and Investments in the Care Economy” and as part of the UN-wide response initiatives to be included in the UN Socio-Economic Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool aims to provide a methodology for how to: - identify the coverage gaps in care services (namely public healthcare, long-term care, early childhood care & education, and primary and secondary education);-estimate the costs of public investments and expenditures for eliminating these coverage gaps; and- assess the various economic returns to such investments in the short- and the long-run. Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Strategies and Investments in Care. Policy tool, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
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spellingShingle A guide to public investments in the care economy: policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns
Ipek Ilkkaracan
A guide to public investments in the care economy: policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns Ipek Ilkkaracan This policy support tool is prepared in the framework of the UN Women and ILO Joint Programme titled “Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Policies and Investments in the Care Economy” and as part of the UN-wide response initiatives to be included in the UN Socio-Economic Response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool aims to provide a methodology for how to: - identify the coverage gaps in care services (namely public healthcare, long-term care, early childhood care & education, and primary and secondary education);-estimate the costs of public investments and expenditures for eliminating these coverage gaps; and- assess the various economic returns to such investments in the short- and the long-run. Promoting Decent Employment for Women through Inclusive Growth Strategies and Investments in Care. Policy tool, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry
title A guide to public investments in the care economy: policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs and economic returns
url https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/A-guide-to-public-investments-in/995219230302676