Jocelyn Olcott

Resisting Gilead

9 March 2024

The New-York Historical Society hosts an all-star lineup to discuss histories and possible futures of care. 

Glass Walls and Finance Capital

18 February 2024

Alicia Girón’s open-access book Economía de la vida offers a comparative perspective on the ways that financialized capitalism has shaped the care economy.

Bargain Hunting: Seeking Sustainable Care in a Globalized World

3 November 2023

A recent book reckons with the “moral bargain” that provides protections for some at the expense of others.

Getting to Win-Win?: Labor Justice for Migrant Careworkers

21 October 2023

The posts in this forum on visas for immigrant careworkers explore possibilities for policies that afford full labor protections and social inclusion for a system that serves both the providers and recipients of care.

Carework Network Summit in Costa Rica

3 September 2023

For the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown, the Carework Network convened an in-person summit — this time with a fully bilingual gathering of academics, activists, and policymakers in San José, Costa Rica.

Care Talk 2.0

18 August 2023

Welcome to Care Talk 2.0! In February 2008, economist Nancy Folbre launched the original Care Talk blog to reflect on research and policies regarding paid and unpaid carework. Written in a style that made material accessible to journalists, policymakers, and students as well as more seasoned researchers, the blog began with a focus on how to measure the economic contributions of unpaid care, the limitations of commercial models for care provision, and the problems that plague US systems of care provision.

Working Papers Series 2022-2023

24 July 2023

September 16, 2022. 11 am First seminar of the working papers series featuring Samia Akther-Kahn & André Pinhel.Commentaries by Anne Allison & Deborah Jenson Samia Akhter-Kahn, “Unpaid productive activities and loneliness in later life: Results from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (2000-2014)” André Pinhel, “Racial Classification Categories and Health Inequities Studies in Brazil and USA” […]