From National Economy to Care Economy. Gender-equal division of labour and its relevance for sustainable economic concepts

Abstract

Currently prevailing economy concepts are funded on the theoretical baseline of a capitalistically developed national economy, which declare all activities and work beyond market as non-productive. However, politics focus on higher employment for women and due to level of education, women no longer provide these goods and services self-evident. The subsequent demand for a modern approach (dual earner/dual carer model) which is the assumption of responsibility from generative care work should be rooted institutionally and structurally in life histories of both sexes and could be the base of sustainable economic concepts.