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

Sam Wai-Kam Yu*, Chui-Man Ruby Chau, Stefan Kühner

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    Abstract

    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 familisation risks faced by women contributes to the examination of the adult worker models. It presents three analytical tasks. The first is to categorise the adult worker models into four types (market-focused, supported, choice-focused and collective consumption) based on different combinations of the pro-employment and decommodification measures. The second is to explore the relative desirability of these four types in enhancing women’s well-being. Based on the case example of Hong Kong, the third is to examine issues concerning the application of the adult worker models in the analysis of how the government responds to defamilisation and familisation risks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)194-210
    Number of pages17
    JournalJournal of International and Comparative Social Policy
    Volume35
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jun 2019

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Health(social science)
    • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
    • Sociology and Political Science

    User-Defined Keywords

    • adult worker models
    • decommodification
    • Defamilisation and familisation risks
    • gendered labour market outcomes
    • social investment
    • working family support

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