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Defamilisation and familisation measures: Can they reduce the adverse effects of pro-market pension reforms on women in Hong Kong and the UK?

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This article explores the impact of defamilisation and familisation measures for women with caring responsibilities and their implications for access to pensions in later life in Hong Kong and
the UK in the context of pro-market pension reforms. The first part of the article discusses pro-
market pension reforms and their effects on women, the second discusses the potential role of
defamilisation and familisation measures in reducing the adverse effects of pro-market pension
reforms, and the third focuses on pension policies and examples of defamilisation and
familisation measures in Hong Kong and the UK. Finally, on the basis of the discussion of the
link between defamilisation and familisation measures and pension measures for women, we
assert that both Hong Kong and the UK still have much to do in developing multi-option
measures throughout the life course, measures that could limit future inequalities in retirement
between men and women.

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Series Title

Critical Social Policy

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Publisher

Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2016

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Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

02610183

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Edition

Volume 36, Issue 2, May 2016; pp. 205–224

Subject(s)

Family
Life course
Employment
Privatisation
double jeopardy

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