Eric Crampton • Jan 06, 2015 •
Things we didn't know before the latest set of Treasury working papers came out:Income mobility in NZ is high: From one year to the next, over 60% of the population shifts income decile group; only 22% stay in the same income decile group eight years l... Read More
Eric Crampton • Apr 19, 2013 •
New Zealand and Christchurch having been a bit depressing lately, other than last night's rather nice 77-44 vote in favour of allowing same sex marriages in addition to civil unions, it is sanity-enhancing to look a bit at lunacy elsewhere. While New ... Read More
Eric Crampton • Mar 08, 2013 •
Treasury today released two bits of good news. There has been a lot of handwringing over the last decade or more about savings rates in New Zealand. I've never been sure that it's all that much of a problem except inasmuch as it would make it hard for... Read More