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Members of the Retirement Policy and Research Centre (RPRC) have produced a variety of papers.
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The New Zealand experience of child-based work incentives
St John, S., & Dale, M.C.
European Journal of Social Security 12(3), 216 - 241. [This article draws on and updates St John (2006) Child poverty: lessons from New Zealand, European Journal of Social Security 8(3), 299 - 316.]
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Pre-funding a government's future financial obligations – the New Zealand Superannuation case study
Littlewood, M.
New Zealand Economic Papers, 44(1), 91-111.
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Aging of the elderly: An intragenerational funding approach to long-term care
St John, S., & Chen, Y.P.
European Papers on the New Welfare, 15 October 2011.
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Rethinking welfare for the 21st century: Forum proceedings
Editors: Dale, M, St John, S, Humpage, L, O'Brien, M, Timmins, J.
Report from the forum held 10 September 2010 at The University of Auckland Business School. Co-sponsored by The University of Auckland's Retirement Policy and Research Centre, Public Policy Group and Departments of Economics and Sociology, and Child Poverty Action Group.
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Reforming New Zealand superannuation for a mobile trans-Tasman population
St John, S, Dale, M.
18th Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers: Retirement saving choices: challenges for individuals, industry and public policy. UNSW Sydney on 12-13 July 2010.
2009
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The annuities market in New Zealand
St John, S
The report prepared for the Ministry of Economic Development notes that very little attention has been given to the decumulation process facilitated by drawdown and annuity products. KiwiSaver has changed the landscape, and from 2012 people will come into retirement with increasingly large tax-subsidised lump-sums that must be managed over an uncertain lifespan, in an uncertain investment climate, including unknown levels of inflation. The widespread "market failure problem" of annuities is reflected in their apparent viability only under conditions of substantial state intervention.
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An evaluation of "In Work Benefits" in New Zealand: Use of the In Work Tax Credit to encourage labour supply: implications for an ageing population
St John, S, Dale, M, & Littlewood, M
Prepared for The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) Cabinet Office, Government of Japan International Collaboration Project (2008), "Macroeconomic Perspective in Population Decline".
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Escaping the welfare mess?
St John, S, Rankin, K.
Working paper, No 267 Economics Department: The University of Auckland 2009.
2008
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Superannuation task forces in the 1990s and the political accord
Todd, J., RPRC
PensionMonograph 2008-1: This is a record of Jeff Todd’s experiences as a key player in the development of retirement policies in the 1990s, as presented at the April 2008 RPRC Symposium. The monograph also contains a selection of some of the best cartoons of the periods by some of our best cartoonists.
2007
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Farewell to tax neutrality: The implications for an aging population
St John, S
Economic and Labour Relations Review, 18 (1), 27-52. Early version 20 July 2007: The 15th Australian Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers: Financial Consequences of Longevity, UNSW Sydney, 19-20 July 2007.
