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Explore the relationship between childcare gap policies and children’s social quality: a comparative analysis of European countries (2024)
Journal Article
Yu, W. K., Chau, R. C. M., Yu, C., & Ho, G. (2024). Explore the relationship between childcare gap policies and children’s social quality: a comparative analysis of European countries. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-03-2024-0116

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 well-being... Read More about Explore the relationship between childcare gap policies and children’s social quality: a comparative analysis of European countries.

Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks (2023)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C. M., & Yu, S. W. K. (2023). Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks. Public Money and Management, 44(4), 317-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2023.2246756

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 public sector... Read More about Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks.

The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report (2023)
Report
Chau, R., D'Angelo, A., Steel, L., Alabbas, N., Bunce, C., Cameron, E., & Strange, G. (2023). The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report. Social Policy Association

Building on the previous two reports in 2011 and 2016, this offers a timely opportunity for Social Policy academics to raise concerns and share insights amid a global crisis and during challenging times for the higher education sector.

The current... Read More about The Current and Future State of Social Policy Teaching in UK Higher Education Institutions - 2023 Report.

Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries (2023)
Journal Article
Yu, S. W. K., Chau, R. C. M., & Lo, I. P. Y. (2024). Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries. International Social Work, 67(2), 321-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728231165638

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 is develope... Read More about Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries.

Exploring the contributions of concepts of time to pension studies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom (2022)
Journal Article
Foster, L., Yu, S. W. K., & Chau, R. C. M. (2023). Exploring the contributions of concepts of time to pension studies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 43(9/10), 809-822. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-08-2022-0218

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 government re... Read More about Exploring the contributions of concepts of time to pension studies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

Adult Worker Model Typologies: Examining Work–Family Policies in Fifteen European Countries (2022)
Journal Article
Lo, I. P. Y., Chau, R. C. M., & Yu, S. W. K. (2022). Adult Worker Model Typologies: Examining Work–Family Policies in Fifteen European Countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), Article 14637. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214637

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 guiding gov... Read More about Adult Worker Model Typologies: Examining Work–Family Policies in Fifteen European Countries.

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.

The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan (2020)
Journal Article
Yu, S. W.-K., Chau, C.-M. (., Li, S.-M., & Lee, M.-Y. (. (2021). The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 37(1), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1017/ics.2020.33

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 presented b... Read More about The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan.

The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research (2020)
Journal Article
Wai Kam Yu, S., Foster, L., & Chui Man Chau, R. (2022). The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research. International Social Work, 65(5), 941–954. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820940025

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 choose whe... Read More about The missing group? Situating transnational contacts in defamilisation research.

Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, S. W. K., Chau, R. C. M., & Jung, M.-A. (2020). Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 14(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.1111/aswp.12192

Familisation and defamilisation studies are increasingly seen as an important component of welfare research. They are concerned with the threats to individuals’ welfare caused by involuntary participation in the unwanted family relationship. Moreove... Read More about Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong.

Familization risks, defamilization risks and older women (2019)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C., & Yu, S. W. (2021). Familization risks, defamilization risks and older women. Journal of Women and Aging, 33(3), 312-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2019.1692630

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis. 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 fa... Read More about Familization risks, defamilization risks and older women.

Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong (2018)
Journal Article
Yu, S. W.-K., Chau, C.-M. R., & Kühner, S. (2018). Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2018.1526699

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 defamilisation and... Read More about Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong.

The impact of defamilisation measures on gender and pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries (2017)
Journal Article
Foster, L., Chau, R., & Yu, S. (2017). The impact of defamilisation measures on gender and pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 25(3), 199-217. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982717X14999284090397

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 are applied t... Read More about The impact of defamilisation measures on gender and pensions: a comparison between the UK and seven other European countries.

Defamilisation and leave policies -a comparative study of 14 East Asian and non-East Asian countries (2017)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C., Foster, L., & Yu, S. W. (2017). Defamilisation and leave policies -a comparative study of 14 East Asian and non-East Asian countries. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 10(3), 318-333. https://doi.org/10.1080/17516234.2017.1322286

This article joins the international debate on whether there is a unique East Asian welfare model. It examines the concept of defamilisation and compares various leave policies (maternity leave, paternity leave and extended parental leave) in five Ea... Read More about Defamilisation and leave policies -a comparative study of 14 East Asian and non-East Asian countries.

Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries (2017)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C., Yu, S. W., Foster, L., & Lau, M. K. (2017). Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 33(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2017.1288157

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 market. Based... Read More about Defamilisation measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries.

The effects of defamilization and familization measures on the accumulation of retirement income for women in the UK (2017)
Journal Article
Chau, R. C. M., Foster, L., & Yu, S. W. K. (2017). The effects of defamilization and familization measures on the accumulation of retirement income for women in the UK. Journal of Women and Aging, 29(6), 551-561. https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2016.1256737

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 defamilization/familiza... Read More about The effects of defamilization and familization measures on the accumulation of retirement income for women in the UK.