Fixing inequality in Hong Kong

Fixing inequality in Hong Kong / Yue Chim Richard Wong.

When discussing inequality and poverty in Hong Kong, scholars and politicians often focus on the failures of government policy and push for an increase in social welfare. Richard Wong argues in Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong that universal retirement support, minimum wage, and standard hours of work...

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Main Author: Wong, Y. C. Richard (Yue-chim Richard), 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017.
Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, [2017]
Series:Friedman lecture fund monograph.
Subjects:
Equality > China > Hong Kong.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Equality
China > Hong Kong
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • part 2. Alleviating poverty is hard
  • part 3. Human capital, income inequality, and intergenerational mobility
  • part 4. The family matters
  • part 5. Housing and land
  • part 6. Business strategy
  • part 7. Fiscal concerns
  • part 8. Labor market measures th at don't work
  • part 9. What is the real challenge.

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