The unpaid time that people devote to the care of family, friends and neighbours clearly contributes to economic living standards, social well-being and the development of human capabilities. At the same time it enables indi- viduals to engage in the various forms of paid work in the economy. Yet while paid work is assigned a mon- etary value and features in national aggregates such as GDP, unpaid work remains largely unmeasured by such a metric and consequently invisible in discussions of economic policy.