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Basic Income and Unpaid Care Work in Japan

In: Basic Income in Japan

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  • Sakura Furukubo

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This chapter is devoted to a discussion of the potential impact of basic income (BI) on unpaid work and care activities in Japan. In the first section, I deal with the difficulties in measuring the monetary value of unpaid work. In the second section, I reconsider the social aspect of care role, and in the third one I insist on the idea that a BI can protect the independence of caregivers. The fourth section focuses on the idea of an inclusive social structure for people who cannot be autonomous, which is made possible by the introduction of a BI. Finally, in the concluding section I show why a BI opens the possibility to achieve gender equality in the future.

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  • Sakura Furukubo, 2014. "Basic Income and Unpaid Care Work in Japan," Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee, in: Yannick Vanderborght & Toru Yamamori (ed.), Basic Income in Japan, chapter 0, pages 131-139, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:etbchp:978-1-137-34808-1_9
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137348081_9
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