Lone Mothers, Social Security and the Family in Hong Kong

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ID23240987
AuthorsLai Ching Leung (0000-0002-3630-807X, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year2017
Pages252
Publication date2017-07-05
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueLone Mothers, Social Security and the Family in Hong Kong (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315250229
OpenAlexW643218520
ISBN9781315250229
Open LibraryOL53993104M
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This book is the first study with feminist analysis on lone mothers’ economic dependency in Hong Kong. The implications of this study are considerable; it challenges both conventional thinking about families and the political and academic debates about social policy. This book sets out to examine the relationship between social security benefits and lone mothers’ labour supply in Hong Kong. Two particular aspects of the labour supply behaviour of lone mothers are explored: firstly, the possible effect of social security on lone mothers’ employment: and secondly, the knowledge and perception of social security benefits in the decision making processes of lone mothers in relation to taking up paid work. Evidence from this study suggests that there are three structural barriers which hinder lone mothers from taking up paid employment outside their family; inadequate support for child care, the low level of Earnings Disregard Policy which discourages lone mothers living on benefit from being self-reliant and thirdly, the low wages that lone mothers earn in the labour market.

Geography · Political science · Social security · Sociology · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Aide sociale · asia · Bénéficiaires · china · Economic policy · employment · Employment · Family · Family policy · hong kong · Mères célibataires · Mères de famille monoparentale · politics and government · Politique familiale · Public policy · Single mothers · Social conditions · Social problems · Social Security · Social Services & Welfare · Travail · Unmarried mothers · Welfare recipients

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