Stay at home work has the same affect on the economy as away-work. I don't find the distinction useful in this context. The only thing we'd have to change is s

Stay at home work has the same affect on the economy as away-work. I don't find the distinction useful in this context. The only thing we'd have to change is semantics. If house wives charged their husbands for their work, and vis-versa, then they could be 'employed' but nothing would have changed.