Abstract This article reviews and systematizes existing evidence on policies aimed at reducing and redistributing the uneven burden of unpaid care work borne by women. Policies directly targeting women’s time allocation between paid and unpaid work include parental leave and childcare benefits and the provision of legal rights and protections for workers in remote and flexible work arrangements. The design of taxation and social benefits systems, as well as family institutions and laws, also play an important role in the allocation of paid and unpaid work within the household. Finally, a range of policies promoting marketization of services and goods serving as substitutes for care work help women boost labour force participation and leisure time.
Brussevich et al. (Wed,) studied this question.