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The government’s responses to incompatibility challenges to women: the case studies of Hong Kong and Taiwan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2020

Sam Wai-Kam Yu ,
Chui-Man (Ruby) Chau ,
Sze-Man Li  and
Mei-Yin (Anna) Lee
Sam Wai-Kam Yu*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Chui-Man (Ruby) Chau
Affiliation:
Public and Social Policy, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Sze-Man Li
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Mei-Yin (Anna) Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
*
Email: samyu@hkbu.edu.hk
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Abstract

International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank raise concerns about the financial sustainability issues of pension systems. These issues have attracted increasing attention because of the challenges presented by lower growth and financial market volatility, making it harder for governments to fulfil their promises on pension policies (Ebbinghaus, 2011). In order to tackle these challenges, it is not uncommon that governments reform pension schemes with an emphasis on individual responsibility (Yeh et al., 2018). They particularly stress the earnings-related pension measures as an important means to assist people to accumulate pension income (Foster, 2014). Employees are the target group for measures relating to earnings-related pension measures. The amount of pension income accumulated through these measures is highly related to employees’ earnings.

Keywords

Incompatibility challengesDefamilisation strategiesFamilisation strategiesPension strategies
Type
Research Article
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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2021 , pp. 50 - 61
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Social Policy Association

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