03377nam 2200553 450 991046788770332120210815140550.0988-8390-37-6(CKB)4340000000191031(StDuBDS)EDZ0001803440(OCoLC)999656291(MdBmJHUP)muse60065(MiAaPQ)EBC4913818(Au-PeEL)EBL4913818(CaPaEBR)ebr11443297(EXLCZ)99434000000019103120171010h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdacontentrdamediardacarrierFixing inequality in Hong Kong /Yue Chim Richard WongHong Kong, [China] :HKU Press,2017.©20171 online resource illustrationsFriedman Lecture FundIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.988-8390-62-7 988-8390-67-8 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.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.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 are of limited effect in alleviating inequality. By comparing Hong Kong with Singapore, he points out that Hong Kong needs a new and long-term strategy on human resource policy. He recommends more investment in education, starting with early education and immigration policy reforms to attract highly educated and skilled people to join the workforce. In analyzing what causes inequality, this book ties disparate issues together into a coherent framework, such as Hong Kong's aging population, lack of investment in human capital, and family breakdowns. Rising divorce rates among low-income households have created a shortage of housing, driving rents and property prices upwards, and enlarging the wealth gap between those who own housing and those who do not, thus causing intergenerational upward mobility. This is the third of Richard Wong's collections of articles on society and economy in Hong Kong. Diversity and Occasional Anarchy and Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People, published by Hong Kong University Press in 2013 and 2015 respectively, discuss growing contradictions in Hong Kong's economy and current housing problems as well as their solutions.Friedman lecture fund monograph.EqualityEqualityChinaHong KongElectronic books.Equality.Equality305Wong Yue Chim Richard1039959MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467887703321Fixing inequality in Hong Kong2472333UNINA