Browsing by Author "Karhunen, Laura"

The aim of this dissertation was to create an understanding of unpaid domestic work and household services and the value of it. The idea was to bring a philosophical-economic per-spective to help perceive the phenomenon, and to use the definition of economic value to help in the search for philosophical values. There was also a desire to bring in the centrality of the welfare aspect. The dissertation approaches unpaid domestic work through the con-cepts of everyday management and everyday well-being. The monetary value of the house-hold in the national economy and the problem of ignoring it are presented. The aim is to pro-duce a summary that makes it natural to continue researching the topic in a master's thesis. The dissertation was carried out as a descriptive literature review, within the framework of the narrative literature review methodology. The main research material used was Statistics Finland's online material and other material related to the topic that was found using relating keywords and references from the texts of other authors. Due to the variations related to everyday and household vocabulary, the most important material in the construction of the dissertation body was the material in Finnish. A dissertation of this scale somewhat succeeded in presenting the concept of household value from an economic point of view as well as presenting the philosophical aspect of the concept. The research process ignited a desire to explore the topic further, and in more depth, and to plan the direction of further research. It will surely help in coming up with possible research questions in the future.