"Unpaid labour, labour markets, and capabilities"
by Pulignano, Valeria; Domecka, Markieta; Gazier, Bernard (2025)
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Abstract The chapter draws on the book’s notion of the politics of unpaid labour to examine the implications for the theory of capability in labour economics. Drawing from the novel theory presented in the book and supported by empirical findings in creative dance, residential care, and online freelancing, our argument asserts that the freedoms people enjoy—and which theories of ‘capability egalitarianism’ consider important for explaining equality in society—cannot be built ‘in silos’ as they are contingent upon a set of capability-providing collective arrangements of which labour market institutions and policies are key factors. In essence, labour market institutions and policies are just as important as civil, social, and political rights to guarantee equality in opportunities as they account for how far these rights are equally exercised.
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