here again the debate is open mention may be made here of at least three implications from the earliest proposal to institute a family wage to the extreme of calling for the implementation of a housewife s wage the debate is wideranging controversial and ongoing recently as a consequence of the momentum the subject has been building up in the public policy debate some countries have incorporated components into social security reforms that seek not necessarily to remunerate unpaid care work but to compensate women for the income they forfeit over the life cycle by taking on these responsibilities