"China in the past few years has emerged as a net foreign creditor on the international scene with net foreign assets … slightly greater than zero percent of wealth. This is surprising given that China is a relatively poor country with a capital … whether it makes economic sense for China to be a net creditor and how they see China's net foreign asset position evolving …

surveys-one a cross-section survey, the other two panel surveys. All come from China, a country where providers have until … eligibility for health insurance are used as instruments. The results suggest that during the 1990s China's government and labor … the results, it appears that China's new health insurance schemes (private schemes, including coverage of schoolchildren …

. The authors explore these issues in China. In addition to providing new evidence on the general impact of health shocks …