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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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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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Housing Affordability: Lessons from the United States

Skidmore, Mark - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2014

Over the last two decades, New Zealand experienced a threefold increase in housing prices. The largest surge in prices in recent years occurred between 1998 and 2007, a period of housing price growth in many developed economies. Since 2007, housing price growth remained flat until 2011, and then...

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Capital Shallowness: A Problem for New Zealand?

Hall, Julia; Scobie, Grant - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2005

There is now substantial evidence that New Zealand’s overall rate of economic growth relative to Australia’s has been … intensity in New Zealand has not been increasing as fast as in Australia for nearly 25 years. Between 1995 and 2002, lower … capital has been rising in Australia, it has fallen by 20 percent in New Zealand between 1987 and 2002. The relative price of …

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New Zealand’s Diaspora and Overseas-born Population

Bryant, John; Law, David - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

Australia. A tentative conclusion is that the potential contribution of New Zealand’s diaspora may have been overestimated, and …

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Fiscal Policy, Growth and Convergence in Europe

Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2003

convergence’ across the EU. That is, are growth-affecting fiscal variables becoming more similar over time across the EU? Though … data are limited, the answer to this question appears to be negative, with little evidence of unconditional convergence …

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China’s recent growth and its impact on the New Zealand economy

Bowman, Scott; Conway, Patrick - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2013

The People’s Republic of China has become increasingly important to the New Zealand economy since the start of economic liberalisation in China more than 30 years ago, particularly in the past decade. This paper is the first of three looking at the impact of China on the New Zealand economy....

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The Outlook for China’s Growth and its Impact on New Zealand Exports

Bowman, Scott; Conway, Patrick - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2013

The People’s Republic of China has become increasingly important to the New Zealand economy since the start of economic liberalisation in China more than 30 years ago, particularly in the past decade. This paper is the second of three looking at the impact of China on the New Zealand economy....

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Retirement Income Policy and National Savings

Law, David - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2013

This paper examines the implications for national savings of three retirement income policy options, designed to improve the fiscal sustainability of New Zealand Superannuation (NZS). A simple model is developed that employs population and longevity projections allowing estimation of the...

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KiwiSaver: Comparing Survey and Administrative Data

Samoilenko, Anton; Law, David - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2014

This paper explores the KiwiSaver information contained in two sources: the administrative data from the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) and the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE). In particular, the paper explores the membership and contribution information, explaining significant...

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