Intergenerational Conflict or Solidarity in Hong Kong? A Survey of Public Attitudes Toward Social Spending

Wu, Alfred M.; Chou, Kee Lee

doi:10.1007/s11205-021-02607-9

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“…It is interesting to note that in the case of Hong Kong, younger citizens are more supportive of the view that the government should address the income difference between the rich and the poor (p < 0.1). Our findings confirm existing research that older adults in Hong Kong tend to hold a negative view of welfare redistribution for the poor population (Wu & Chou, 2021). We also find that male citizens are more likely to support redistributive policies (p < 0.05).…”

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“…Our models show that the younger generation in Hong Kong tends to support more welfare redistribution and complete political autonomy and is more likely to join protests. Regarding welfare redistribution, our finding presents an intriguing phenomenon in the case of Hong Kong, it is not the elderly, traditionally perceived as more economically vulnerable, who exhibit a preference for heightened welfare redistribution (see also Wu & Chou, 2021).…”

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The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong

Yang,

2024

Soc Indic Res

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Economic inequality can have significant political-social impacts, leading to social unrest and other negative consequences. With a high level of economic inequality and a remarkably contentious society, Hong Kong offers an intriguing case for investigating the political consequence of economic inequality. Based on an original random sampling survey in 2017, this study examines the political effects of perceived economic inequality in Hong Kong from three perspectives, namely, its impacts on citizens’ preferences for redistribution, political autonomy, and social protests. This study yields several important findings. Citizens’ perceived economic inequality is positively correlated with support for government redistribution and support for political autonomy. However, perceived economic inequality is not associated with citizens’ propensity to join social protests. We find that political values and citizens’ identities influence their demand for political autonomy and propensity to join protests. Our study thus sheds fresh light on the effect of economic inequality on a developed economy.

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The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong

Yang,

2024

Soc Indic Res

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“…First, income-poor people can be more seriously deprived of some material things than others. For example, in the US, income-based poverty is likelier to be associated with food insecurity than housing, while it is the opposite situation in Hong Kong (Iceland & Bauman, 2004; Wu & Chou, 2021). Second, income level reflects one’s ability to satisfy recurring needs, while material deprivation indirectly reflects insufficient wealth or a large amount of debt (Heflin & Iceland, 2009).…”

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The Effects of Multidimensional Poverty on Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Hong Kong

Zhu¹,

Chou

2022

J Appl Gerontol

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Poverty indicators such as income-based poverty, material deprivation, asset-based poverty, and expenditure-based poverty each carries an aspect of economic deprivation. This current study examined and compared the unique effects of each poverty dimension on life satisfaction during old age. We measured four poverty indicators—life satisfaction, social resources, physical health, and mental well-being—in a three-wave sample of older Hong Kong adults ( N = 563). Panel data were fitted to a structural model that involved the constraints of the path coefficients (e.g., effects of poverty indicators on life satisfaction). The model results indicate that while material deprivation and asset-based poverty reduce life satisfaction, income-based poverty and expenditure-based poverty do not significantly shape life satisfaction. Based on these findings, we suggest implementing future-oriented interventions into policy agendas to promote current working adults’ financial preparation for retirement to reduce their risk of falling into asset-based poverty and thus material deprivation after retirement.

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“…In a recent article(Wu & Chou, 2021), even in a homogeneous Asian context such as Hong Kong where the vast majority of the population is Chinese, the government also needs to balance various values carefully.…”

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Social Development with Public Value: An International Comparison

Wang

Xia

2022

Soc Indic Res

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Social development around the world has been stunted by the lack of a comprehensive understanding and definition of public value. Public value theory can provide guidance, and inform a universal standard for social development. However, it is difficult to define and measure public value due to its philosophical complexity. Public values are driven by various economic, political, and social forces, and can be created by many stakeholders including enterprises, governments and non-governmental organisations. Government is central to human society and is primarily responsible for inclusive social development, which requires setting and maintaining public values orderly and synchronously according to the plurality of views held by those in society. Social development failure may occur when some key public values are ignored. This study uses thirty economic, social, and political indicators to measure public value, and the results demonstrate strong correlations among them. Through a principal component analysis and a cluster analysis, these thirty indicators can be reduced to four principal components. The first one, which represents economic value, can explain 65.8% of the total information, identifying that economic value is playing a fundamental role among plural public values. Countries are clustered and their development neighbors are identified in order to compare countries with similar levels of development. Public value theory can help to understand the advantages and disadvantages of different countries, and advance the social and economic progress steadily and authentically.

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Intergenerational Conflict or Solidarity in Hong Kong? A Survey of Public Attitudes Toward Social Spending

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong

The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong

The Effects of Multidimensional Poverty on Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Hong Kong

Social Development with Public Value: An International Comparison

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