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View article: Explore the relationship between childcare gap policies and children’s social quality: a comparative analysis of European countries
Explore the relationship between childcare gap policies and children’s social quality: a comparative analysis of European countries Open
Purpose This article focuses on children’s social quality. Social quality can be understood as the extent to which people can engage in the social, economic, and cultural lives of their communities, under conditions that strengthen their w…
View article: Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks
Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks Open
IMPACT: This article offers insight into how the commodification of public goods could affect women’s lives directly and indirectly through its impact on the family. It draws on the experience in Hong Kong of raising policy-makers’ and pub…
View article: Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries
Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries Open
This article is intended to explore the link between the study of defamilisation and that of the adult worker model. To meet this purpose, a defamilisation framework for studying issues concerning the adult worker model and defamilisation …
View article: Adult Worker Model Typologies: Examining Work–Family Policies in Fifteen European Countries
Adult Worker Model Typologies: Examining Work–Family Policies in Fifteen European Countries Open
This article aims to advance the discussion of government policies for improving women’s work and family life. It focuses on exploring whether it is reasonable to expect that the supported adult worker model will play an important role in …
View article: Exploring the contributions of concepts of time to pension studies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom
Exploring the contributions of concepts of time to pension studies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom Open
Purpose This article aims to link discussions of the role of earnings-related pension measures with time in Hong Kong (HK) and the United Kingdom (UK). It presents a new conceptual “time-based framework” to explore two related types of gov…
View article: Rethinking the residual policy response: Lessons from Hong Kong older women’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Rethinking the residual policy response: Lessons from Hong Kong older women’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Open
This article examines older women’s experiences of searching for face masks and handling mask-related issues during COVID-19. Set within the context of the Hong Kong government’s policy reaction to the shortage of masks in early 2020, the …
View article: Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation
Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation Open
Purpose This article explores the link between defamilisation studies and studies of the adult worker model and discusses the mixed implications that government strategies for supporting the adult worker model have for defamilisation. The …
View article: The Policy Measures Used by the Hong Kong Government to Respond to the Adult Worker Model and the Male-breadwinner Model
The Policy Measures Used by the Hong Kong Government to Respond to the Adult Worker Model and the Male-breadwinner Model Open
Based on a newly developed framework, this study examines the responses made by the government to both the male-breadwinner model and the adult worker model. It sheds new insights into possible ways of assisting women to achieve secure ret…
View article: Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan Open
This article discusses the link between familisation measures (to lower the negative consequences of participating in the family as a care-provider) and defamilisation measures (to reduce individual responsibility for providing care in the…
View article: The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan
The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan Open
International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank raise concerns about the financial sustainability issues of pension systems. These issues have attracted increasing attention because of the challenges …
View article: The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research
The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research Open
Defamilisation research is increasingly seen as an important component of studies of welfare and social work. It is concerned with people’s vulnerability to defamilisation risks, which are caused by insufficient opportunities for people to…
View article: Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong
Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong Open
Familization and defamilization studies are increasingly seen as an important component of welfare research. They are concerned with the threats to the welfare of individuals caused by involuntary participation in the unwanted family relat…
View article: Familization risks, defamilization risks and older women
Familization risks, defamilization risks and older women Open
This article is about the familization and defamilization risks faced by older women. Such risks are generated by the lack of one or both of two conditions: the freedom to choose whether or not to perform certain family roles; and the capa…
View article: Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong
Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong Open
This paper is concerned with the research areas of defamilisation/familisation and adult worker models. It particularly focuses on demonstrating how the study of government pro-employment and decommodification measures for reducing defamil…
View article: An investigation of defamilization/familization measures to assist women to save pension income and strengthen the adult worker model—The case of Hong Kong
An investigation of defamilization/familization measures to assist women to save pension income and strengthen the adult worker model—The case of Hong Kong Open
This paper examines the use of defamilization and familization measures to develop an analytical framework to inform the search for ways to improve women's opportunities to accumulate pension income. This framework is associated with the u…
View article: The impact of defamilisation measures on genderand pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries
The impact of defamilisation measures on genderand pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries Open
This article uses individual-based and state-led care-focused defamilisation indices to explore women's employment opportunities and experiences and their implications for pension contributions. These two types of defamilisation indices ar…
View article: Defamilisation and leave policies – a comparative study of 14 East Asian and non-East Asian countries
Defamilisation and leave policies – a comparative study of 14 East Asian and non-East Asian countries Open
This article joins the international debate on whether there is a unique East Asian welfare model.
\nIt examines the concept of defamilisation and compares various leave policies (maternity leave,
\npaternity leave and extended parental le…
View article: Defamilization/familization measures and women's pension income—The case of <scp>T</scp>aiwan
Defamilization/familization measures and women's pension income—The case of <span>T</span>aiwan Open
This paper examines how defamilization and familization measures can affect women's capacity to accumulate pension income and their subsequent standard of living after retirement. Firstly, it highlights the concepts of defamilization and f…
View article: Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries
Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries Open
This paper examines the relevance of two interpretations of defamilisation (“freedom of the family” and “freedom of women from the family”) to the search for effective measures for strengthening women's participation in the paid labour mar…
View article: The effects of defamilization and familization measures on the accumulation of retirement income for women in the UK
The effects of defamilization and familization measures on the accumulation of retirement income for women in the UK Open
This article is concerned with the link between the effects of pro-market pension reforms on women and familization/defamilization measures. It aims to contribute to the study of this link in three ways. Firstly, it identifies defamilizati…
View article: Defamilisation and familisation measures: Can they reduce the adverse effects of pro-market pension reforms on women in Hong Kong and the UK?
Defamilisation and familisation measures: Can they reduce the adverse effects of pro-market pension reforms on women in Hong Kong and the UK? Open
This article explores the impact of defamilisation and familisation measures for women with caring responsibilities and their implications for access to pensions in later life in Hong Kong and the UK in the context of pro-market pension re…
View article: Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime
Using defamilisation typologies to study the Confucian welfare regime Open
Since Esping-Andersen classified the 18 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries into the “three worlds of welfare capitalism” in 1990, the comparative studies of welfare have been dominated by the responses …