Valuation Methods to Estimate Unpaid Work and its Applicability to Philippine Data

Date

6-2022

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Amelia L. Bello

Committee Member

Gideon P. Carnaje Amelia L. Bello Maria Angeles O. Catelo Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

This study attempts to explore the valuation methods available to estimate household production and apply the UNECE recommended method to existing data in the Philippines. Furthermore, this study aims to recognize household production as “productive activities” that contribute to the economy despite being unpaid. Housework or household production are activities that improve the welfare of household members. However, since this is not income-generating, household production is not included in the income accounts of an economy. Although performed by both genders, previous studies and statistics show that these activities disproportionately fall on women. This means that, employed or not, women’s contribution to the country’s productivity is severely undervalued.

Data on hours spent were taken from the 2000 Pilot Time Use Survey and the 2017 Household Care Survey which measured the time spent on housework, child and family care, and shopping for household supplies. The generalist replacement cost method was used to value the time spent on these activities.

Using the average minimum wage of domestic workers in 2017, the estimated total value of household production is 883.71 billion pesos and 783.60 billion pesos for 2000 and 2017, respectively. In both estimates, women contributed more than half of the household production. These estimates are equivalent to 23.90% of 2000 GDP and 4.73% of 2017 GDP.

Language

English

LC Subject

Valuation method, Upaid work, Household production, Generalist replacement cost method, Time use

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2022 E2 V55

Document Type

Thesis

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