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, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as well as long-term care insurance (LTCI) reforms in Japan and Singapore … Kong : The Mandatory Health Insurance Reform Fiasco -- Japan : The Long-term Care Insurance Reform -- Singapore : A … Compulsory Long-term Care Insurance Reform -- Taiwan : The National Health Insurance Reform -- The Republic of Korea : The …
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We examine the factors that determine the differences in ex ante returns on equities in eleven Pacific Basin countries. Our concern is whether real return differentials are primarily caused by nominal return differentials or expected changes in real exchange rates. We find that nominal return...
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The "tigers" are a group of 4-5 east Asian countries, which have joined the rich western countries after a period of 30-40 years of "miraculous" growth. Large controversies surround the attempt to explain how they did it. The paper briefly surveys the discussion. The economic freedom index...
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Increased international labour migration was one important dimension of structural change and globalisation in East Asia from the mid 1980s. Large international movements of mainly unskilled contract labour occurred in response to widening wage gaps between more and less developed countries in...
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Public housing was once an important strand in western housing policies, but is seldom seen as a mainstream policy instrument for the future. In contrast, in many East Asian countries large public housing programs are underway. Behind these generalizations, there are exceptions, too. By...
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