Individualising entitlements in New Zealand’s benefit and social assistance systems Last Publication Date: 25 Jun 2018 Entitlement to most benefits and social assistant transfers are heavily reliant on the couple unit of assessment. This has serious impacts on a growing number of…
Survey of Adult Skills: Adults' financial literacy activities Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2017 This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers key findings on how often New Zealand adults…
Living Standards Research Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2017 The Living Standards research is an ongoing research programme that aims to develop a comprehensive description of the living standards of New Zealanders using non-income measures…
Making Tax Simpler | Better Administration of Social Policy Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2017 This discussion document explores some proposals for improving the way social policy entitlements and obligations are administered by Inland Revenue. These entitlement and obligation payments are: Working…
The Impact Of Rising Housing Costs On Accommodation Supplement Recipients Last Publication Date: 28 Jun 2017 This research measures trends in the housing costs and incomes of Accommodation Supplement recipients over the last decade. It was undertaken to inform the Ministry of…
Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2017 The research report Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand (led by Professor Gail Pacheco from AUT) tells us about the factors behind…
Effect of motherhood on pay Last Publication Date: 28 Feb 2017 Effect of motherhood on pay – methodology and full results presents the methodology and analysis we used in our investigation of a ‘motherhood penalty’ in New Zealand.…
Off-benefit transitions Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2017 The research looked at 140,000 people who moved off a benefit from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. This period was chosen because it allowed…