these data reveal the relationship between unpaid work and womens lesser engagement in the labour market and their tendency to have more informal and precarious jobs hence it is crucial to consider time distribution in the formulation of policies which when combined with other sectoral policies incentivize the redistribution of domestic and care work and promote labour practices that offer alternatives for the organization of time spent on market activities marco moreover the analysis of time spent on care helps to evaluate the importance of reinforcing maternity and paternity leave and the relevance of implementing leave for the care of older persons and household members with some form of disability or chronic illness