Yen Kiat Chong
Biographic Data
| ID | 284364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yen Kiat Chong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yen Kiat |
| FAMILY NAME | Chong |
| SIGNATURE | CHONG Y K |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0069-7998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Stickiness of Meritocratic Beliefs From Adolescence to Adulthood in Singapore
The belief in meritocracy has been rising over the past few decades in developed countries. While many studies have focused on the belief in meritocracy, its distribution across groups and its effects, much less is known about how beliefs may change as individuals age and undergo major life transitions. Using linear growth models on three waves of panel data from a national youth survey in Singapore, we found that the major life transitions to ad…
Getting By: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Lack of Success in Instilling Financial Self-Reliance
The Short-To-Medium-Term Assistance (SMTA) is a state programme in Singapore providing financial, employment and other assistance to individuals in financial need. SMTA frames the resources that it provides as a temporary form of support that applicants should use to regain their financial self-reliance through employment. Drawing on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article identifies two forms of self-reliance which differ from the …
Constructing poverty in anti-welfare Singapore
In recent years, attention on the issue of poverty in Singapore has been increasingly placed in the spotlight. This study examines the various types of attitudes among Singaporeans and how they are formed, relating them to the broader institutional context of Singapore. A mixed method design is employed where clusters or groups of attitudes are derived through the use of cluster analysis. Subsequently, discourses of poverty and welfare attitudes …
Constructing poverty in anti-welfare Singapore
In recent years, attention on the issue of poverty in Singapore has been increasingly placed in the spotlight. This study examines the various types of attitudes among Singaporeans and how they are formed, relating them to the broader institutional context of Singapore. A mixed method design is employed where clusters or groups of attitudes are derived through the use of cluster analysis. Subsequently, discourses of poverty and welfare attitudes …
Constructing poverty in anti-welfare Singapore
In recent years, attention on the issue of poverty in Singapore has been increasingly placed in the spotlight. This study examines the various types of attitudes among Singaporeans and how they are formed, relating them to the broader institutional context of Singapore. A mixed method design is employed where clusters or groups of attitudes are derived through the use of cluster analysis. Subsequently, discourses of poverty and welfare attitudes …
Getting By: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Lack of Success in Instilling Financial Self-Reliance
The Short-To-Medium-Term Assistance (SMTA) is a state programme in Singapore providing financial, employment and other assistance to individuals in financial need. SMTA frames the resources that it provides as a temporary form of support that applicants should use to regain their financial self-reliance through employment. Drawing on eleven months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article identifies two forms of self-reliance which differ from the …
The Stickiness of Meritocratic Beliefs From Adolescence to Adulthood in Singapore
The belief in meritocracy has been rising over the past few decades in developed countries. While many studies have focused on the belief in meritocracy, its distribution across groups and its effects, much less is known about how beliefs may change as individuals age and undergo major life transitions. Using linear growth models on three waves of panel data from a national youth survey in Singapore, we found that the major life transitions to ad…
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Meritocracy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · Basic needs (1 works) · Business (1 works)