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Costs and benefits of investing in transformative care policy packages a macrosimulation study in 82 countries

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  • Henau, Jerome de.

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This study examines the annual investment required for universal, collectively funded childcare and longterm care services, as well as adequate paid care leave and breastfeeding breaks to parents in 82 countries. Simulations of policy reforms show that extending paid leave and breastfeeding breaks to all employed parents (including those in informal employment) at an adequate level of pay would require about 0.3 per cent of GDP of annual investment by 2035. Extending universal childcare would require additional annual investment of 1.5 per cent of GDP by 2035 over and above current public spending of 0.3 per cent. For long-term care, the annual additional investment by 2035 would be 2.5 per cent of GDP, over and above current public spending of 0.6 per cent. Such care investments could also provide powerful economic stimulus, creating up to nearly 300 million jobs by 2035, and recouping some of the investment through increased tax revenue.

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  • Henau, Jerome de., 2022. "Costs and benefits of investing in transformative care policy packages a macrosimulation study in 82 countries," ILO Working Papers 995169793502676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:995169793502676
    DOI: 10.54394/AKYJ8893
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    1. -, 2023. "Investment and cooperation opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union," Libros y Documentos Institucionales, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 48992 edited by Eclac.
    2. -, 2022. "Financing care systems and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Contributions for a sustainable recovery with gender equality," Coediciones, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 48382 edited by Eclac.

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