Background Papers Savings Working Group
Page updated 14 Mar 2011
The Savings Working Group considered a wide range of information during its deliberations.
This information has included:
- material on a wide range of issues related to savings that is already in the public domain,
- public submissions that have been received (and published on the Submissions page),
- working drafts of documents that their authors have yet to finalise and publish, and
- documents that the Savings Working Group has commissioned.
The table lists background documents prepared as background material for the Savings Working Group.
They have been released by the Savings Working Group to help stimulate public discussion on issues of national saving in the New Zealand economy.
The documents released are generally draft material and the authors reserve the right to withdraw or revise them.
Any views expressed in the documents do not necessarily reflect the views of the Savings Working Group or of the Treasury. Neither the Savings Working Group nor the Treasury makes any warranty, express or implied, nor assumes any legal liability or responsibility, for the accuracy, correctness, completeness or use of any information in the documents, nor represents that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights.
Background Papers
Documents are available in Adobe PDF format only. The documents are not in date order; they are organised according to which section of the Savings Working Group's final report they relate to and then in alphabetical order by author. Using PDF Files
| Section of Report |
Doc. Date | Author | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | [1 Sep 2010] | Secretariat | Will higher national saving lead to higher GDP growth or higher income levels - a review of the literature Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-hns-1sep10.pdf (91 KB) |
| 4.1 | Sep 2010 | Andrew Coleman & Geoff Lewis | Saving, wealth and the timing of consumption: Insights from the Modigliani life-cycle saving framework Released 1 January 2011 |
swg-b-acgl-swtc-sep10.pdf (92 KB) |
| 4.1 | 14 Sep 2010 | Secretariat | Housing equity injection and household sector assets and liabilities Released 12 November 2010 |
swg-b-pb-he-14sep10v2.pdf (102 KB) |
| 5.2 | Mar 2011 | New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) | Save now, prosper later: A CGE investigation of increased rates of saving - additional scenarios Released 14 March 2011 |
swg-b-nzier-fi-mar11.pdf (405 KB) |
| 5.2 | Nov 2010 | New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) | Save now, prosper later: Increasing New Zealand's saving rate - A preliminary dynamic CGE analysis Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-nzier-s-nov10v2.pdf (118 KB) |
| 6.3 | 9 Nov 2010 | Secretariat | Effects of a highly productive public sector Released 12 November 2010 |
swg-b-tsy-ehpps-9nov10.pdf (58 KB) |
| 7.2 | 15 Jun 2010 | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | Inflation and capital taxes Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-m-ict-15jun10.pdf (37 KB) |
| 7.2 | [24 Sep 2010] | Craig Ansley | The effect of tax incentives on retirement savings Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-ca-24sep10.pdf (25 KB) |
| 7.2 | [27 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Options for changing the tax rules for savings: An overview Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-o-27oct10.pdf (91 KB) |
| 7.2 | [26 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Nordic with deep capital tax cut Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-n-26oct10.pdf (71 KB) |
| 7.2 | [26 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Aligning the tax rates on PIEs and other investments Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-atrp-26oct10.pdf (48 KB) |
| 7.2 | [27 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Sensitivity of household savings to taxation Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-shs-27oct10.pdf (81 KB) |
| 7.2 | [27 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Inflation-adjusting the tax base - Policy and design issues Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-iatb-27oct10.pdf (102 KB) |
| 7.2 | [27 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Expenditure taxes and savings Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-ets-27oct10.pdf (105 KB) |
| 7.2 | [27 Oct 2010] | Inland Revenue | Taxation of savings - partial exclusion option Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ir-ts-27oct10.pdf (43 KB) |
| 7.2 | 20 Sep 2010 | Inland Revenue | The impact of tax changes on national savings Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-ir-itcns-20sep10.pdf (29 KB) |
| 7.2 | [8 Sep 2010] | Inland Revenue | Indexation - supplementary note Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-ir-isn-8sep10.pdf (48 KB) |
| 7.2 | [23 Dec 2010] | Inland Revenue | Background note on payroll/social security contribution tax Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-ir-pssc-23dec10.pdf (23 KB) |
| 7.2 | [21 Dec 2010] | Secretariat | The Mirrlees Review and the optimal rate of taxation of capital income Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-mr-21dec10.pdf (18 KB) |
| 7.3 | 11 Nov 2010 | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | Behavioural economics: a brief introduction to the saving literature Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-m-be-11nov10.pdf (54 KB) |
| 7.3 | 11 Nov 2010 | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | Setting the scene: behavioural economics and the problems of saving Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-m-ss-11nov10.pdf (16 KB) |
| 7.3 | [24 Dec 2010] | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | Mandatory retirement income schemes, saving incentives, and KiwiSaver Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-m-mris-24dec10.pdf (74 KB) |
| 7.3 | 8 Dec 2010 | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | Saving and older (65+) people Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-m-sop-8dec10.pdf (18 KB) |
| 7.3 | [26 Oct 2010] | Andrew Coleman, Motu Economics and Public Policy | PAYGO vs SAYGO: Prefunding government-provided pensions Released 11 November 2010 |
swg-b-ac-pvs-26oct10.pdf (118 KB) |
| 7.3 | [24 Nov 2010] | Craig Ansley | KiwiSavers fees and expenses Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-ca-kfe-24nov10.pdf (18 KB) |
| 7.3 | [19 Nov 2010] | Ministry of Economic Development | Overview of finance sector reform in New Zealand Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-med-ofsr-19nov10.pdf (28 KB) |
| 7.3 | [15 Dec 2010] | Secretariat | KiwiSaver fund accumulations Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-kfa-15dec10.pdf (19 KB) |
| 7.3 | [20 Dec 2010] | Secretariat | KiwiSaver and national saving Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-kns-20dec10.pdf (51 KB) |
| 7.3 | [22 Dec 2010] | Secretariat | Australia - superannuation and the household sector Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-ash-22dec10.pdf (111 KB) |
| 7.3 | 2 Dec 2010 | Secretariat | Annuities Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-s-a-2dec10.pdf (93 KB) |
| 7.5 | Dec 2010 | New Zealand Network for Financial Literacy | National Strategy for Financial Literacy: Savings working group update Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-nznfl-ns-dec10.pdf (44 KB) |
| 7.5 | [23 Dec 2010] | New Zealand Network for Financial Literacy | Factsheet on the National Strategy for Financial Literacy Released 1 February 2011 |
swg-b-nznfl-f-23dec10.pdf (501 KB) |
