4 blog posts found
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Why high income households get benefits
Posted: 23 Nov 2016Topic: Demographic change, Econometric modelling, Education, Employment, Households, Income, Older people, Pensions, Qualifications, Retirement, Social security, StatisticsAuthor:Today's Staff Insights article presents selected demographic statistics for New Zealand by income quintile for the 2014/15 tax year. The article discusses the data, how to interpret it and some... -
Are today's young people super savers or splurging spenders?
Posted: 19 Jul 2016Topic: Consumption, Econometric modelling, Households, Income, Older people, Pay, Retirement, Savings, Superannuation, Time series models, YouthAuthor:It's commonplace to worry about the financial habits of today's young people, particularly about whether they save as much as they "should". But we actually have had very little information about the... -
Competition and KiwiSaver: part 2 of 2
Posted: 1 Jun 2016Topic: Competition (business), Consumer protection, Financial markets, Government regulation, Investment, Pensions, Retirement, Savings, SuperannuationAuthor:The Treasury recently took an in-depth look at the market dynamics for KiwiSaver funds. In Part 2 of this two part article, we discuss possible explanations for the results of our analysis. The... -
Competition and KiwiSaver: part 1 of 2
Posted: 31 May 2016Topic: Banks, Competition (business), Consumer protection, Financial markets, Government regulation, Households, Investment, Pensions, Retirement, Savings, SuperannuationAuthor:The Treasury recently took an in-depth look at the market dynamics for KiwiSaver funds. In Part 1 of a two part article, we discuss the competition aspects of the analysis. The author appreciates...