In her 1989 book Counting fornothing, economist Marilyn Waring argued that because women’s domestic work was considered ‘non-productive’ and was therefore not included in national statistics, this major contribution by women was not recognised in the making of public policy.
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Reference: Marilyn Waring, Counting for nothing: what men value & what women are worth, Wellington: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, 1988.
by Lindsay Misson
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