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paid domestic work  

Definition

  • For centuries, well-to-do families have employed workers to carry out routine household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care, eldercare, and gardening. Paid domestic work traces its antecedents to the institutions of slavery and serfdom in premodern times. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Domestic Work, Paid]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-D85R52S0-B

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