Stanford text Economics for Everyone states that work is also important. A great deal of productive, necessary work occurs inside the household: out of sight, behind closed doors, and generally without pay. Most of that work is performed by women, whose opportunities in the "outside" economic world are constrained as a result. Remembering that this work needs to be performed, analyzing how and by whom it is performed, and making changes to it over time, are central issues in economics. How does the close relationship between economic and social policy impact culture and how can social workers affect change