This survey of American adults finds that a relatively substantial share of the public has earned money recently from a digital commerce platform. In the context of gig employment, nearly one-in-ten Americans (8%) have earned money in the last year using digital platforms to take on a job or task.

Dr Marilyn Waring, scholar, environmentalist, social justice activist and author no longer believes that we should put monetary values on unpaid work and the environment. She discusses this in the 2015 Pamela Denoon Lecture.

Australia's largest household survey has revealed that retirees are dependent on government benefits, men are doing dramatically less housework than women and that 'female breadwinners' are on the rise. The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey — produced by the University of Melbourne — is Australia's only large-scale, nationally representative longitudinal household...