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A Simple Model of Housing Rental and Ownership with Policy Simulations

Coleman, Andrew; Scobie, Grant M. - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2009

The housing market is both large and complex. This paper develops a simple model that captures the essential features of the supply and demand for housing, and which is used to evaluate the impact of a range of policy interventions. Increases in the stock of housing would reduce rents and house...

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Theories of the Family and Policy

Jacobsen, Veronica; Fursman, Lindy; Bryant, John; … - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

families, depending how individuals within families behave. This paper identifies the implications of five theories of family …

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Housing in the Household Portfolio and Implications for Retirement Saving: Some Initial Finding from SOFIE

Scobie, Grant; Le, Trinh; Gibson, John - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2007

withdrawal on the required saving rates. The main findings of this study are: • 60% of households are recorded as owning a home …; • Almost half of home-owning households have no mortgage debt; • One in six households own residential investment property …; • One in twelve households own a rental property; • Patterns of property ownership in New Zealand are similar to those in …

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Housing Affordability in New Zealand: Evidence from Household Surveys

Law, David; Meehan, Lisa - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2013

Housing affordability has been a topic of much interest in New Zealand over recent years with the median house price increasing by over 50% between 2004 and 2008. The aim of this paper is to inform debate by drawing out evidence from two surveys: the Household Economic Survey (HES); and the...

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Modelling Regional Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand

Choy, Wai Kin; Mare, David C; Mawson, Peter - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2002

Zealand regions over the period 1985 to 2001. It examines the effects of a region-specific shock to employment on itself, the …. However, this has to be placed into context – New Zealand regions are much smaller in terms of population size. …

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Regional Labour Market Adjustment and the Movements of People: A Review

Maré, David C; Choy, Wai Kin - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2001

This review paper examines the link between internal migration and regional labour market adjustment. It outlines the motivation and scope of our enquiry, discusses the three key questions that we plan to pursue, reviews relevant international and New Zealand literature, and outlines proposals...

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Deprivation in New Zealand: Regional Patterns and Changes

Mare, David C; Mawson, Peter; Timmins, Jason - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2001

This paper presents an analysis of the distribution of socio- economic deprivation throughout New Zealand. The analysis focuses on the three census years 1986, 1991, and 1996. A summary deprivation measure is constructed which approximates New ZealandDep96 using standard regression techniques....

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Geography and the Inclusive Economy: A Regional Perspective

Treasury, The - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2001

/15 Towards an Inclusive Economy. It discusses the extent to which differences in economic and social indicators across regions … outlines some key policy directions. In some instances, differences in indicators of well-being between regions indicate … proportion is growing over time. Rural deprived regions, particularly Northland and Gisborne with 24% of their population living …

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The effect of New Zealand Superannuation eligibility age on the labour force participation of older people

Hurnard, Roger - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2005

New Zealand experienced a sharp rise in labour force participation rates among older people over the period 1991?2001. This stands in contrast to the experience of most other OECD countries where such participation rates have been in steady decline. The predominant reason for this turnaround was...

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Population Ageing and Social Expenditure in New Zealand: Stochastic Projections

Creedy, John; Scobie, Grant M - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2002

It is widely recognised that as the population ages there will be potentially significant implications for a wide range of economic variables, including in particular the fiscal costs of social expenditures. Long term fiscal planning requires estimates of the possible future path of public...

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