The feminist economics concept of provisioning: An application to residential aged care nurses' work and the Commonwealth Bringing Nurses Back into the Workforce program

dc.contributor.authorAdams, V.
dc.contributor.conferenceEighth Australian Society of Heterodox Economists Conference (7 Dec 2009 - 8 Dec 2009 : Sydney, Australia)
dc.contributor.editorChester, L.
dc.contributor.editorJohnson, M.
dc.contributor.editorKriesler, P.
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractFeminist economists have critiqued neoclassical economics' narrow conceptualisation of social interactions as equivalent or analogous to exchanges in markets and have argued that economics needs to be about the provisioning of human life across all sectors of the economy. Qualitative data from nurses working in residential aged care is used to examine the non-commodified element in nurses' work and how they are engaged in provisioning across paid and unpaid work. In view of the current nursing shortage, I argue that the current Commonwealth policy of providing a bonus to attract nurses back into the workforce is unlikely to be successful long-term as it takes no account of the conditions and constraints under which nurses supply their labour.
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the eighth Australian society of heterodox economists conference: Heterodox Economics' visions, 2009 / Chester, L., Johnson, M., Kriesler, P. (ed./s), pp.1-13
dc.identifier.isbn9780733428333
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/115161
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of New South Wales
dc.publisher.placeSydney, Australia
dc.rightsCopyright 2009 Collection, Society of Heterodox Economists Copyright Individual Papers remains with respective authors
dc.subjectfeminist economics
dc.subjectprovisioning
dc.subjectnurses
dc.subjectresidential aged care
dc.subjectqualitative
dc.subjectpolicy
dc.titleThe feminist economics concept of provisioning: An application to residential aged care nurses' work and the Commonwealth Bringing Nurses Back into the Workforce program
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9915910968501831

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