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Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks (2023)
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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.

Developing a ‘defamilisation framework’ to examine the strategies for promoting the adult worker model and women’s welfare in eight European countries (2023)
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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.

Government strategies for supporting the adult worker model in European countries: mixed implications for defamilisation (2021)
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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 government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan (2020)
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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.

Presenting a new defamilization and familization framework for investigating the residualization of old‐age income security measures—The case study of Hong Kong (2019)
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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.

Defamilisation and familisation risks, adult worker models, and pro-employment/decommodification measures for women: the case of Hong Kong (2018)
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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)
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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 measures and women's labour force participation – a comparative study of twelve countries (2017)
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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)
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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.