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What is the value of domestic work in Spain?
Marta Dominguez Folgueras, Department of Sociology of Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies)
Caring for children and dependent elderly people, cooking, cleaning the house… what economic value can we attribute to unpaid domestic tasks? We calculate what this invisible work would represent for Spain’s GDP.
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How many people do we know?
Miranda Jessica Lubbers, José Luis Molina and Hugo Valenzuela, (Investigation Group GRAFO, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona); Adaptation: Xavier Aguilar
According to this study, we frequently interact with an average of 536 acquaintances, but the number is different for each person. What factors influence the size of our relationship circles?
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Why do men not use work-family reconciliation measures?
J. A. Fernández-Cornejo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Sabina Belope-Nguema, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Lorenzo Escot, Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Eva del Pozo- García, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
According to this study, following new additions to the family only 4% of fathers requested reduced working hours, versus 37.7% of mothers.
