All Ownership Society Articles
Savings survey
11 May 2005 | 96 Kb PDF | Presentations
To find out what New Zealanders think about policies to promote savings, including the New Zealand Institute's proposals, we commissioned UMR Research to ask a representative sample of 750 New Zealanders a series of questions.
A mainstream approach to savings
11 May 2005 | 52 Kb PDF | Perspectives
The New Zealand Institute's proposals to encourage savings and ownership are well within the international policy mainstream, writes Dr David Skilling in The Dominion Post.
Hands-off savings policy must go
19 Apr 2005 | 64 Kb PDF | Perspectives
Falling household wealth is a big problem that demands bold intervention, writes Dr David Skilling in The New Zealand Herald.
The New Zealand Institute proposes bold action to help many more New Zealanders get ahead
06 Apr 2005 | Media Releases
Opportunity for a lifetime: Creating an ownership society in New Zealand
06 Apr 2005 | 772 Kb PDF | Discussion Papers
This paper outlines a range of bold and creative policy solutions designed to assist many more New Zealanders to get ahead, and to broaden the distribution and raise the level of household wealth in New Zealand in a material way.
Kiwi savings accounts: Summary of key features
06 Apr 2005 | Media Releases
Kiwi savings account worked examples
06 Apr 2005 | Media Releases
Home is where the money is: The economic importance of savings
02 Feb 2005 | 992 Kb PDF | Discussion Papers
This paper describes the economic costs of New Zealand's low level of household savings, such as lower business investment and higher interest rates, and argues that raising household savings will have a positive effect on investment, productivity, and growth.
Increased savings needed to lift investment and growth and to reduce interest rates
02 Feb 2005 | Media Releases
Give young a stake in country’s future
18 Jan 2005 | 60 Kb PDF | Perspectives
New Zealand needs policies that assist and encourage asset ownership, particularly for the young, writes Dr David Skilling in The New Zealand Herald.