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Lone Mothers, Social Security and the Family in Hong Kong
Lai Ching Leung
出版Routledge, 2017-07-05
主題Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & WelfareSocial Science / Social WorkSocial Science / Regional StudiesSocial Science / Gender StudiesSocial Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family
ISBN13519214019781351921404
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5EErDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.