The policy measures used by the Hong Kong government to respond to the adult worker model and the male-breadwinner model

Yu, Sam Wai Kam; Lo, Iris Po Yee; Chau, Ruby Chui Man

Abstract

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 retirement .

Citation

Yu, S. W. K., Lo, I. P. Y., & Chau, R. C. M. (2021). The policy measures used by the Hong Kong government to respond to the adult worker model and the male-breadwinner model. In Chinese families: tradition, modernisation, and change (175-196). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520210000016010

• Online Publication Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Publication Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Deposit Date: Apr 27, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 25, 2021
• Publisher: Emerald
• Pages: 175-196
• Series Title: Contemporary perspectives in family research
• Series Number: 16
• Series ISSN: 1530-3535
• Book Title: Chinese families: tradition, modernisation, and change
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 9781800711570
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1530-353520210000016010
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4349445
• Publisher URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S1530-353520210000016010/full/html
• Contract Date: Apr 13, 2020