Data2X, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), brought together experts on time use (TU) data and experts on gender and macroeconomics to provide insights on the value of this data to inform economic policies that reduce gender inequalities and promote sustainable growth. The objective was to acknowledge but go beyond the use of TU data to characterize and measure the care economy and influence care policies. The roundtable, which took place on May 15, 2024, in Washington, DC, had a first hybrid (virtual and presential) 75-minute-long session and was followed by an in-person discussion over lunch with a smaller group of experts (see list of participants at the end of the note). In the hybrid session, Iris Buder (Idaho State University) and Odile Mackett (University of South Africa) presented research in progress using TU surveys for eight countries.
