New Zealand's overseas pensions policy: enduring anomalies and inequities

Authors

  • M Claire Dale
  • Susan St John

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v8i2.4417

Keywords:

public retirement pension scheme, mobility of citizens, pension eligibility and portability, New Zealand Superannuation (NZS), pay-as-you-go (PAYG), Social Security Act (the direct deduction policy, DDP), Demographic pressures, reciprocal social security agreements, KiwiSaver, Retirement Commission

Abstract

As in most industrialised countries, demographic ageing in New Zealand is putting pressure on the public retirement pension scheme. The increasing mobility of citizens adds to the complexity of determining fair policies for pension eligibility and portability. 

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Policy Quarterly volume 8 number 2 2012

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2012-05-01

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012): Policy Quarterly

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