The drivers of public support for redistributive policy have stimulated academic debate
around the world. The majority of studies use cross‐country surveys conducted in the …

Using the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS-15) and the short form of the General Health
Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12), this study found that the Chinese elderly who live in old urban …

In the 1970s and up until the financial crisis occurred in the late 1990s, Hong Kong
prospered in a relatively stable social, economic and political context. Since the financial …

Social patterning of disease is pervasive and persistent. Disease patterns change with
economic development and the attendant epidemiological transition. It is becoming evident …

Hong Kong is essentially a Chinese community with a great majority (95%) of its population
being ethnic Chinese. However, with more than 150 years of colonial history, and also …

Over the next three decades, due to a rapidly aging population coupled with the recent
economic downturn, Hong Kong society will face severe challenges in establishing a …

East Asian (EA) social welfare has been described as productivist, where social policies are
subordinate to economic development. However, EA comparative studies often focus on a …

This study examines the patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty and related
welfare interventions in Hong Kong. These patterns unveil which dimension or combinations …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use the case of Hong Kong to assess the
equalisation and individualization claim of the risk society approach to studying experience …

Both the Hong Kong and Beijing governments intend to secure the functions of social
welfare in enhancing the attractiveness of their economies to private capital by …