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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like the calculation does not take into account the fact that the SAHM is receiving food, lodging, a car, and other expenses from her husband. In effect, the "unpaid labor" is [i]what her husband is paying her to do[/i] when he provides for the family. In all likelihood her "unpaid labor" would not even pay for all that stuff if she were paid minimum wage for it.

I know everyone's going to chime in "she still does more of the unpaid work at home even if she has a full-time job" but most likely he makes more than she does and therefore it is reasonable that she do more "unpaid work" to compensate for that. That is, if we're going to reduce this to a purely economic calculation - as the NYT op ed attempts to do.[/quote]

I'd say a SAHM's financial value in this sense would be exactly what you pay for an au pair (who also receives those things like lodging and access to a car).  Can't count overtime hours because that would be childcare provided by any WOHM (or dad).[/quote]

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