Measuring Child Poverty in Hong Kong: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scale

2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 909-921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung ◽  
Kee-Lee Chou
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Equivalence Scale

Factors Critical for Improving Intergenerational Mobility

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Chim Richard Wong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Rental Housing ◽  
Social Program ◽  
The Us ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
Housing Estates

Failure to appreciate theimportant fact that poverty propagated itself in the absence of a parent or a social program that had time to help young childrenhas allowed child poverty to fester, compromising children’s ability to go to school, their willingness to learn, their attitudes, and their motivation. This is a major cause of worsening intergenerational mobility and poverty. The research findings of Chetty et al. confirm the importance of investing in schooling, of having stable families, and of building communities to provide positive encouragement and support for the disadvantaged. The isolated, remote public housing estates we have in Hong Kong are unlikely to foster such communities.The findings from the US and Hong Kong strongly suggest that public sector housing policy to subsidize low-income families should be changed from providing subsidized rental housing units to homeownership units. This would have three different effects for increasing intergenerational mobility among low-income households.

Child Poverty Among Hong Kong Ethnic Minorities

2017 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung ◽  
Kee-Lee Chou
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Child Poverty

Targeting, Universalism and Child Poverty in Hong Kong

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 255-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Ka-Wai Lau ◽  
Kee-Lee Chou
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Child Poverty

Evaluating the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Hong Kong Welfare Programmes in Reducing Child Poverty

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 481-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung ◽  
Wai-Sum Chan ◽  
Kee-Lee Chou ◽  
Maggie Ka-Wai Lau
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency

Measuring Child Poverty in South Africa: Sensitivity to the Choice of Equivalence Scale and an Updated Profile

2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Christine Streak ◽  
Derek Yu ◽  
Servaas Van der Berg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Equivalence Scale

Trends in Child Poverty in Hong Kong Immigrant Families

2013 ◽  
Vol 117 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kee-Lee Chou ◽  
Kelvin Chi-Kin Cheung ◽  
Maggie Ka-Wai Lau ◽  
Tony Chuen-Ho Sin
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Immigrant Families
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