Women, Work and the Care Economy / edited by Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez, David Castro Lugo.

Prologue.

1. Intersectionality Challenges in Feminist Economics.

2. Sustainability of Life as a Differentiated Approach in Feminist Economics.

3. Work, Oppression, and Political Solutions: A Creative Dialogue Between Critical Feminist Economics and Popular Economy.

4. Co-responsibility of Domestic Work to Achieve Gender Equality.

5. Feminization of Care for People with Disabilities and Its Effects on the Labor Market in Mexico.

6. Geographical Inequalities in Access to Care Services for People with Disabilities in Poverty.

7. Surfing Child Care: Strategies of Working Mothers.

8. Feminist Identity and Its Influence on Entrepreneurial Intentions of Croatian Youth.

9. COVID-19 and Changes in the Gendered Division of Unpaid Labor, Job Productivity, and Job Satisfaction.

10. Work and Care Balance: The Missing Link in Academia.

11. Co-responsibility for Care as a Determinant of Gender Inequality in the Mexican Labor Market.

12. How Do Debts Affect Female-Headed Households?: Analysis of the Relationship Between Unpaid Care Work and Household Poverty in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

13. Measuring Gender Agency Using the World Value Survey: Global Trends and National Determinants.

14. Conclusions.

Explores the relationships between gender, paid work, unpaid care work, and economic participation through the lens of feminist economics. The volume examines caregiving responsibilities, labor market inequalities, disability care, domestic work, entrepreneurship, work-life balance, and the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bringing together international perspectives and empirical research, the contributors analyze how care responsibilities shape women's employment opportunities, economic security, and social inclusion, while proposing policy approaches aimed at advancing gender equality and recognition of the care economy.

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