The Ministry has commissioned a brief scan of recent literature on aspects of women’s contribution to unpaid work. The scan focuses on work published since 2010 and covers the following topics:

• the proportion of unpaid work undertaken by women
• the impact of unpaid work on women’s workforce participation
• the relationship between paid parental leave and access to affordable childcare
• availability and uptake of separate paid parental leave for fathers
• unpaid work and the gender pay gap
• assessing the value of unpaid work
• understanding the policy implications of unpaid work.