I. The­o­ries, Def­i­n­i­tion and Measurement

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Shek, D.T.L. (2004). Chi­nese People’s Expla­na­tions of Poverty: The Per­ceived Causes of Child Poverty. Research on Social Work Prac­tice, 13(5), 622 – 640. [Abstract only]

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Wong, C.K. & Wong, H. (2004). The Case for an Expenditure-​based Poverty Line for the Newly Indus­tri­al­ized East Asian Soci­eties, Issues and Stud­ies, 40(2), 187 – 205.

Wong, T.K.Y., Wan, P.S. & Law, K.W.K. (2009). Pub­lic Per­cep­tion of Income Inequal­ity in Hong Kong: Trends, Causes and Impli­ca­tions. Jour­nal of Con­tem­po­rary China, 18(61), 657 – 673. [Abstract only]