Cuánto cuesta criar a un hijo, según el INDEC
The INDEC has introduced the "Parenting Index," a novel metric that quantifies the economic value of raising children from infancy to adolescence. This indicator goes beyond direct expenses for food and goods to include the monetary valuation of unpaid care time, offering a comprehensive view of the resources families dedicate to child development. Crucially, this statistical tool aims to address gender inequality by highlighting the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work on women. By providing a standardized reference for the true cost of raising children, the index seeks to correct historical invisibilities regarding women’s economic contributions and support single-parent households, often headed by mothers, who face significant financial precarity. This development is highly relevant to open data because it transforms qualitative social challenges, such as gender gaps and family welfare, into transparent, measurable quantitative indicators. By making the cost of care visible and standardized, it enables more precise public policy design, legal applications in alimony disputes, and greater societal awareness of the economic value of care work.
Source: cronista.comPublished on 2023-07-21