Setting aside direct private costs to each person, what are the main positive or negative externalities each role creates for the partner, for any children, and for the broader economy/society?
For example, does specializing in unpaid care create measurable spillovers in child outcomes or future human capital? Does specializing in paid work create risks/costs that are shifted onto the caregiving partner over time?
What are the externalities of caretaking and breadwinning in a two-adult household?
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