Asset Building and Its Determinants: Lessons from Social Security Reform in China and Hong Kong.

This article looks at the determinants of asset-based programs as revealed in the social security reforms of China and Hong Kong. China's new pension system allows for asset development and fosters productivistic welfare, but the new medical insurance program poses challenges. Likewise, Hong Kong's...

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Published in:	Social Development Issues Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 40 - 57
Main Author:	Tang, Kwong-leung
Format:	Article
Published:	Lyceum Books, Inc. Summer 2006
Subjects:	Health care reform Social security Hong Kong (China) China
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