The paper reports the results of a statistical analysis of the assignment and examination marks and final grades obtained by students in intermediate macroeconomics at Massey University over the 2000-2011 period. Basic probability concepts and multiple regressions are employed. Unconditional and...

Purpose – The combination of low rates of private saving and projected increases in the fiscal burden of financing a public pension scheme for an ageing population poses a major policy challenge in New Zealand. Policy discourses espouse pension reform and the redoubling of household saving...

Purpose – The combination of low rates of private saving and projected increases in the fiscal burden of financing a public pension scheme for an ageing population poses a major policy challenge in New Zealand. Policy discourses espouse pension reform and the redoubling of household saving...