Kee‐lee Chou
Biographic Data
| ID | 4262113 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kee‐lee Chou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kee‐lee |
| FAMILY NAME | Chou |
| SIGNATURE | CHOU K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Asian and Policy Studies The Hong Kong Institute of Education Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How Nation Building Backfires
An intriguing phenomenon documented within political science research is the association between nation‐building programs and increased subnational intergroup conflicts. Based on data collected in Hong Kong, an epicenter of subnational conflicts in China, this article suggests that nation building may intensify the tension between subnational groups because it helps to spread the belief that groups have fixed inherent characteristics. Specificall…
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Hong Kong Welfare Programmes in Reducing Child Poverty
This paper examines the effectiveness and efficiency of welfare programmes that are relevant to child poverty reduction in Hong Kong. We employ data from a cross‐sectional survey of a representative sample of families, conducted in 2015 through face‐to‐face interviews. Our results indicate that all four welfare programmes were inadequate in alleviating child poverty. This was either due to the deep poverty gap to be filled or high rates of exclus…
Poverty alleviation, coverage and fiscal sustainability
This article synthesises the characteristics of social pensions across Asia and evaluates the effect of a new social pension in the Hong Kong SAR, the Old Age Living Allowance (OALA), on poverty alleviation, coverage rates and fiscal sustainability. We found that the effectiveness of the OALA in reducing old‐age poverty was limited, although it has led to an increase of retirement pension coverage by 6%. The OALA is projected to face substantial …
Public Attitudes towards Income Redistribution
The drivers of public support for redistributive policy have stimulated academic debate around the world. The majority of studies use cross‐country surveys conducted in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development countries to contribute to the debate on whether self‐interest or social values have more influence on public attitudes towards redistribution. Drawing on a phone survey conducted in 2013, this study advances the discussio…
Immigration, living arrangement and the poverty risk of older adults in H ong K ong
Using 2011 census data, this study investigated how living arrangement affects disparities in poverty between older adults (aged 65 and older) who migrated to H ong K ong from M ainland C hina and those who were born in H ong K ong. Our sample consisted of 29,987 immigrants and 9,398 natives, all of whom were ethnic C hinese and living in H ong K ong at the time of the census. We found higher poverty rates among older immigrants than among native…
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
Immigration, living arrangement and the poverty risk of older adults in H ong K ong
Using 2011 census data, this study investigated how living arrangement affects disparities in poverty between older adults (aged 65 and older) who migrated to H ong K ong from M ainland C hina and those who were born in H ong K ong. Our sample consisted of 29,987 immigrants and 9,398 natives, all of whom were ethnic C hinese and living in H ong K ong at the time of the census. We found higher poverty rates among older immigrants than among native…
Public Attitudes towards Income Redistribution
The drivers of public support for redistributive policy have stimulated academic debate around the world. The majority of studies use cross‐country surveys conducted in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development countries to contribute to the debate on whether self‐interest or social values have more influence on public attitudes towards redistribution. Drawing on a phone survey conducted in 2013, this study advances the discussio…
How Nation Building Backfires
An intriguing phenomenon documented within political science research is the association between nation‐building programs and increased subnational intergroup conflicts. Based on data collected in Hong Kong, an epicenter of subnational conflicts in China, this article suggests that nation building may intensify the tension between subnational groups because it helps to spread the belief that groups have fixed inherent characteristics. Specificall…
Poverty alleviation, coverage and fiscal sustainability
This article synthesises the characteristics of social pensions across Asia and evaluates the effect of a new social pension in the Hong Kong SAR, the Old Age Living Allowance (OALA), on poverty alleviation, coverage rates and fiscal sustainability. We found that the effectiveness of the OALA in reducing old‐age poverty was limited, although it has led to an increase of retirement pension coverage by 6%. The OALA is projected to face substantial …
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
To Retire or Not to Retire
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour…
Immigration, living arrangement and the poverty risk of older adults in H ong K ong
Using 2011 census data, this study investigated how living arrangement affects disparities in poverty between older adults (aged 65 and older) who migrated to H ong K ong from M ainland C hina and those who were born in H ong K ong. Our sample consisted of 29,987 immigrants and 9,398 natives, all of whom were ethnic C hinese and living in H ong K ong at the time of the census. We found higher poverty rates among older immigrants than among native…
Public Attitudes towards Income Redistribution
The drivers of public support for redistributive policy have stimulated academic debate around the world. The majority of studies use cross‐country surveys conducted in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development countries to contribute to the debate on whether self‐interest or social values have more influence on public attitudes towards redistribution. Drawing on a phone survey conducted in 2013, this study advances the discussio…
Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Hong Kong Welfare Programmes in Reducing Child Poverty
This paper examines the effectiveness and efficiency of welfare programmes that are relevant to child poverty reduction in Hong Kong. We employ data from a cross‐sectional survey of a representative sample of families, conducted in 2015 through face‐to‐face interviews. Our results indicate that all four welfare programmes were inadequate in alleviating child poverty. This was either due to the deep poverty gap to be filled or high rates of exclus…
Poverty alleviation, coverage and fiscal sustainability
This article synthesises the characteristics of social pensions across Asia and evaluates the effect of a new social pension in the Hong Kong SAR, the Old Age Living Allowance (OALA), on poverty alleviation, coverage rates and fiscal sustainability. We found that the effectiveness of the OALA in reducing old‐age poverty was limited, although it has led to an increase of retirement pension coverage by 6%. The OALA is projected to face substantial …
How Nation Building Backfires
An intriguing phenomenon documented within political science research is the association between nation‐building programs and increased subnational intergroup conflicts. Based on data collected in Hong Kong, an epicenter of subnational conflicts in China, this article suggests that nation building may intensify the tension between subnational groups because it helps to spread the belief that groups have fixed inherent characteristics. Specificall…
Economic growth (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)