This will increase the social security contributions of the domestic service sector and make this type of employment into a gateway to the social protection system for female domestic workers —most of whom are poor— and, ultimately, for their children as well. Fiscal incentives such as tax exemptions for persons employed as caregivers, tax reductions that help offset the cost of employing a domestic worker, progressive taxation systems and personal benefits can all be used to foster behaviours that will improve the workings of the economy and the way in which society is organized. The valuation of the contributions made by women and their families to the care system can take the form of cash transfers to households whose members include children or older adults or persons with a disability'. A contributoiy or non-contributory approach could be used whereby the determination of access to the social protection system would take, for example, the number of dependent children into consideration.