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Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation (2021)
Journal Article
Yu, S. W. K., Lo, I. P. Y., & Chau, R. C. M. (2021). Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 41(9-10), 979-992. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijssp-04-2020-0135

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 adult wor... Read More about Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation.

The policy measures used by the Hong Kong government to respond to the adult worker model and the male-breadwinner model (2021)
Book Chapter
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

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 .

Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan (2021)
Journal Article
Kam, S. W., Foster, L., Chau, R. C. M., & Pun, Y. (2021). Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 33(2), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2020.1851348

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 family), a... Read More about Defamilisation/familisation measures and pensions in Hong Kong and Taiwan.