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The climate and care crises are intertwined. In her OxREP article, Maria S. Floro shows how climate change heightens the demand for care and complicates the work of caregivers. Innovative efforts in building resilient care systems are necessary.
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How can accessible, high-quality care be reconciled with economic sustainability? In the OxREP, Nathan Blane, Kate Harrison Brennan and @profbrendan.bsky.social argue that person-centred care can strengthen synergies between quality and robust productivity growth.
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@katyahe.bsky.social, @lulushi.bsky.social and Lily Rodel weigh in on the debate surrounding the adoption of digital technologies as part of unpaid care in the OxREP. They argue that technological innovations are most effective where they complement human care.
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In the OxREP, Elissa Braunstein applies a macro agenda to the economics of care. Her framework for integrating care into macroeconomics reconceptualises it as a productive process and public good, bridging the gap between feminist economics and policymaking.
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Applying rights-based policy frameworks can pave the way for comprehensive care systems. Examining the South American case in the OxREP, Valeria Esquivel illustrates how considering caregivers as right holders enables transformative care policies.
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Mariya Brussevich and Andrea Flores discuss policies aimed at reducing and redistributing the burden of care in their OxREP article. Parental leave and childcare, legal rights, and institutions determine the terms of female labour force participation.
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How do child benefits impact time allocation patterns for South African single parents? Tanima Ahmed finds in her OxREP paper that they redistribute production work time to household maintenance and care work, coinciding with an increase in total work.
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The US long-term care sector is plagued with persistent worker shortages. In the OxREP, @deliafurtado.bsky.social and Nicholas A. Jolly propose immigration policies as an effective tool for addressing labour shortages and productivity gaps.
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The Covid-19 pandemic created real momentum for structural reform in the care sector. In the OxREP, Ipek Ilkaracan demonstrates that UN and World Bank policy frameworks have converged towards a feminist ‘transformative care agenda.’
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Abstract. The United States is currently facing a worker shortage in the long-term care sector, which is only expected to worsen as the population ages. Im
