Care Economies in Context

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How care is organized impacts our entire economic and social system as well as every individual within it; it intersects with gender, age, migration and citizenship status, and racial and socio-economic inequality.

Project Director (PI): Ito Peng

Ito Peng

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This global project explores paid and unpaid childcare, elder care, and sick and disabled care in eight countries around the world. How care is organized impacts our entire economic and social system as well as every individual within it; it intersects with gender, age, migration and citizenship status, and racial and socio-economic inequality.

This research project seeks to understand the organization and process of care economies in eight countries across four global regions and the effects of different institutions, cultures, and social and economic policies in shaping them. It will use this knowledge to develop gender-aware macroeconomic theories and models for policy development and analysis.

Along with an international team of academic researchers, this partnership involves representatives from key international and national policy and non-profit sector partners.

Care Economies in Context is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Open Society Foundations, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the University of Toronto.


Principal Project Participants

  • Melissa Milkie (Canada Team Lead)
  • Natalia Ramirez Bustamonte (Colombia Co-Lead)
  • Ana-Maria Tribin (Colombia Co-Lead)
  • Laura Ramirez Alfaro (Costa Rica Lead)
  • Isabella Aboderin (Kenya Team Lead)
  • Dileni Gunewardena (Sri Lanka Lead)
  • Otgontugs Banzragc (Mongolia Lead)
  • Ki-Soo Eun (Korea Lead)
  • Maria Floro (macroeconomics Lead)
  • Latif Dramani (Senegal Team Lead)

The Care Economies in Context project consists of nine country teams and a team of macroeconomic experts.


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Academic Books and Articles Journal Articles

Mental and Physical Wellbeing of Carer–Employees in Canada

4 December 2024

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The Labour Crisis in Long-Term Care

28 November 2024

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Pat Armstrong’s Care Homes in A Turbulent Era calls for a Transformation in Care.

27 November 2024

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The overlooked role of unions in healthcare quality research

26 November 2024

Academic Books and Articles Academic Book

Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes: Flexible Boundaries

24 November 2024

Academic Books and Articles Student Work Journal Articles

Gendered Labor Continuum: Immigrant Mothers Confronting Uncertainty and Pandemic Constraints

16 October 2024

Academic Books and Articles Book Chapters

The Role of Religion for the Development of Work-Family Policies: The Example of Confucianism

18 September 2024

Academic Books and Articles Book Chapters

COVID-19, Global Care, and Migration

18 September 2024

Student Work Analytical Reflections

Obtaining and Maintaining Assistive Devices and Technology 

5 September 2024

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