Natural resources are the fountainhead of development and prosperity. Social injustices are often associated with resource exploitation when non-renewable resources located in undeveloped areas are depleted by politically and economically dominant peoples. China is not insulated from this...

This paper uses multi-year, individual-level data to evalutate the effects of the current Chinese urban employee health insurance reform on equity in health care financing. It found that the new Urban Employee Basic Health Insurance Scheme financed by personal medical savings accounts (MSAs)...