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Unpaid housework and super-exploitation of labor: a suggested model and empirical evidence from Mexico and Colombia

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  • Carlos Alberto Duque Garcia

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The objective of this paper is to suggest a mathematical model of unpaid housework and empirically test its main predictions using data from Mexico (2014) and Colombia (2017) time-use surveys. The model, based upon the Marxist-feminist approach, suggests that the magnitude of unpaid housework is determined by the super-exploitation of labor, i.e. the gap between wages and the value of labor-power. The outcome is an equation that relates positively the magnitude of unpaid housework with the super-exploitation of labor. The parametric and nonparametric regression estimates applied in both countries show preliminary empirical support for the theoretical model. The theoretical and empirical findings have several implications for Marxist-feminist literature as well as for empirical research on unpaid housework.

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  • Carlos Alberto Duque Garcia, 2023. "Unpaid housework and super-exploitation of labor: a suggested model and empirical evidence from Mexico and Colombia," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 81(4), pages 549-573, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsocec:v:81:y:2023:i:4:p:549-573
    DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2021.1950820
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