recent
lectures, articles, discussion papers, books and book chapters byLectures, Articles and Discussion Papers
Grey taxpayers hit by tax anomaly, published as "Tax anomaly penalises pensioners" in The Independent 13 July 2005.
Don't ignore the poorest children NZ Herald 17 Jun 2005 (word document).
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) Post-Budget Breakfast 20 May 2005.
A single core benefit: the brave new dawn, published as "Smoke and Mirrors" in The Independent 6 April 2005.
What is government doing to assist low income families? Presentation to QPEC (Quality Public Education Coalition) 19 March 2005 [PowerPoint]
Women and child poverty address to International Women's Day FORUM, 7 March 2005 [MS-WORD document]
Financial assistance for the young: 1986-2008 [MS-WORD document], Discussion Paper #25,
University of Auckland Department of Economics, August 2004.
How can the economic position of children be improved? Winter Lecture (Public Lecture), University of Auckland, 20 Jul 2004.
(MS-PowerPoint Presentation) Lecture series title: Are we wasting our children?
Planning for the drawdown phase of retirement saving in New Zealand
presentation to 12th Australian Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, UNSW Sydney, 13-14 July 2004.
Submission to Select Committee New Zealand Superannuation Amendment Bill, July 2004.
Without long-term plans we'll have super problems NZ Herald 24 Jun 2004.
Cullen has done well in evening things up NZ Herald 4 Jun 2004.
Welcome first steps for poor but much more to be done NZ Herald 28 May 2004.
[invited article; Word file]
Submission to the social services select committee Social security (Long-term Residential Care) Amendment Bill
[MS-WORD document], 23 April 2004.
Assessing the options for the drawdown phase [MS-WORD document], address to the 5th Annual Superfunds Summit, Wellington 6/7 April 2004.
Is New Zealand Superannuation sustainable? [MS-PowerPoint document], Grey Power Conference, 5 April 2004.
Oz wins hands down on income support for families published in The Independent 24 September 2003.
The role of annuities in the New Zealand retirement incomes policy mix
Paper prepared for the Periodic Report Group [.pdf document].
Summary: Looking back at Accident Compensation: finding lessons for the future
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 34 (2), 443-447 [MS-WORD document].
What is wrong with the New Zealand model for pensions? [MS-WORD document],
The 11th Australian Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers,
University of New South Wales 7-8 July 2003.
The removal of asset testing and its implications [MS-PowerPoint; MS-Word], Presentation to Rotorua Residential Care Association, 17 June 2003.
Submission to the Periodic Report Group [on Superannuation] 2003
[MS-WORD document], 30 May.
Crumbs or commitment? What's on the menu for children? [MS-WORD document], 2003 Budget Breakfast Address to CPAG [Child Poverty Action Group], 16 May.
Financial Assistance for the young: (1986-2003) [MS-WORD document], Address to the 2003 Social Policy Research and Evaluation Conference, 29/30 April.
Helping low and middle-income people in retirement [MS-WORD document], draft paper, presented at Wellington on 29/30 April 2003
Culture of neglect stunts our growth NZ Herald 22 April 2003.
[submitted article; Word file]
Entrenching the Welfare Mess [MS-WORD document] (with Keith Rankin), Policy Discussion Paper #24, University of Auckland Department of Economics, December 2002. (MS-EXCEL spreadsheet model 2002 version).
Children are still the main casualties NZ Herald 23 December 2002 (with Innes Asher and Diane Robertson) [submitted article; Word file]
Review of Rewarding Service; A history of the Government Superannuation Fund, in New Zealand Books 12(4) October 2002
Child Poverty, Global Peace and Justice, Auckland Forum, 2 Sep 2002
Good Intentions Are Not Enough - what does income splitting really mean? Scoop 13 Aug 2002
Pensions and Annuities in New Zealand: Have we lost the plot? 10th Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, University of New South Wales, 8,9 July 2002
Making Children Visible, Address to the 2002 Green Party Conference, 2 June 2002
Saving for the future. What women should be concerned about in an election year and beyond. Address to Women and Superannuation AGM, Wellington, 17 April 2002.
2001 St John, S. Willmore, L. Two legs are better than three: New Zealand as a model for old age pensions. World Development 29, 8, 1291-1305.
Children the silent needy as poverty casts its blight, NZ Herald 27 December 2001 (with Innes Asher and Diane Robertson)
Financial Assistance for the young: New Zealand's incoherent welfare state
Policy Discussion Paper, Economics Department, University of Auckland, December 2001
New Zealand government spending below OECD average, The Independent 5 December 2001; response by Roger Kerr and rejoinders in The Independent (23 Jan 2002; 27 Feb 2002; 2 Apr 2002) and the Business Herald (24 Jan 2002).
Simplistic view of Govt spending published in Independent 12 September 2001
(full debate here)
Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand
paper presented to the Promoting Social Inclusion in the Commonwealth conference
Brisbane 4-5 October 2001
Economist's perspective: Prospects for equality
Butterworths Professional Education seminar, August 2001
Lost opportunity or time to revisit 1996? published in Independent 25 July 2001 as
"Time to revisit benefit as well as tax regimes"
New Zealand goes it alone in superannuation policy, presentation to the Reform of Superannuation and Pensions colloquium, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 9th to 10th July 2001. (PowerPoint version)
Children and the Budget, published in Independent 13 June 2001 as
"Assistance Regime keeps poor families poor"
Next Budget should put children first, not last, published NZ Herald 14 May 2001
Letter to The Listener, Child Poverty, published 19 March 2001
Our Children; the Priority for Policy, Child Poverty Action Group, January 2001
The New Zealand Superannuation Bill, submission to Finance and Expenditure Select Committee, 9 February 2001
A Super Fund? Independent, 18 October 2000
Two legs are better than three; New Zealand as a model for old age pensions, with Larry Willmore; a paper prepared for the International Research Conference on Social Security, Helsinki, Finland, 25-27 September 2000. [PDF file]
Can we afford to age? 2-4 August 2000, presentation to the 2nd National Gerontology Conference, Auckland [MS PowerPoint file]
Parties must strive to take wobbles out of super farce, NZ Herald, 7 December 1999
Social and Economic Policy, 25 November 1999, University of Auckland
address to the Conference to mark the 10th anniversary of the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child
Speech to Vigil at the Auckland Methodist Mission, 14 November 1999
In the Poverty Trap, letter to NZ Herald, 23 October 1999.
Retirement Income Policy Stability Options, commentary 1 October 1999.
Superannuation: A Conundrum for the Millennium, University of Auckland Winter Lecture, 3 August 1999.
Economic Claims, letter to NZ Herald, 28 July 1999.
Community Responsibility [MS WORD file], paper to CTU conference "Rebuilding ACC Beyond 2000", Wellington, 23 July 1999.
Retirement Policy Issues that we are not talking about, paper to New Zealand Economists' Conference, Rotorua, 30 June - 2 July 1999.
New Zealand's Unique Approach to Retirement Income, paper presented to the 6th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, 7-11 June 1999, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (slide presentation).
A Super future? presentation to the Insurance Institute's National Conference, Auckland 19-20th May 1999.
Transtasman contrasts; letter to NZ Herald 1 February 1999. Response to letter by Roger Kerr, chief executive of the NZ Business Roundtable, 27 January.
Looking into the Issues Superannuation and Funds Management Today and Tomorrow, paper for Institute for International Research, 7th Annual Superfunds and Funds Management Conference, Wellington 9-10 November 1998 (plus slideshow "Policy issues for the savings industry").
Inland Revenue TV advert could be type of child abuse, with Vivienne Adair; NZ Herald 3 November 1998.
Review of David Thomson, A world without Welfare and Margaret McClure, A Civilised Community, New Zealand Books, December 1998.
Superannuation Fragments must be Stuck Together, NZ Herald 2 October 1998.
Quantifying the Welfare Mess [MS-WORD document] (with Keith Rankin), Policy Discussion Paper #22, University of Auckland Department of Economics, September 1998. (MS-EXCEL spreadsheet model 1998 version).
Where to from Here; Superannuation Policy in New Zealand [MS-WORD document], New Zealand Association of Economists (Inc.) Annual Conference, Wellington, 2-4 September 1998.
Taxes at 20% GDP the solution?, 17 July 1998. Published as "The fallacy of low tax as a boost to economic growth" NZ Herald, 23 July.
The Quest for Social Responsibility, with Jonathan Boston and Bob Stephens; Social Policy Journal, December 1996 [MS WORD version].
Winners and Losers: Gains and Losses, paper to the 1996 Foodbanks Conference, August 1996.
Books, Book Chapters and Refereed Publications
Macroeconomics and the Contemporary New Zealand Economy 3rd edn. (2004) with Scott Fargher
Pearson Addison Wesley NZ : Auckland
The New Zealand Pension System (2001)
in Pension Systems and Retirement Incomes across OECD countries
edited by Richard Disney and Paul Johnson, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Two legs are Better than Three: New Zealand as a Model for old age Pensions
World Development August 2001 issue (Vol. 29, No. 8)
co-author L.Willmore
Macroeconomics and the Contemporary New Zealand Economy 2nd edn.
Addison Wesley/Pearson Education NZ Auckland 2000
edited with Rob Scollay
Economic Concepts and Applications 2nd ed. p540 pages
Addison Wesley/Pearson Education NZ Auckland 2000
edited with James Stewart
The world's social laboratory: Gender similarity in New Zealand pensions,
Susan St John and Brian Gran, in Women, Work and Pensions
edited by Jay Ginn, Debra Street and Sara Arber (Open University Press, UK, May 2001)
Redesigning the Welfare State in New Zealand; Problems, Policies, Prospects (1999)
ed. Susan St John, Paul Dalziel, Jonathan Boston. Auckland: Oxford University Press
Chapters by Susan St John:
A Super Future? The Price of Growing Older (October 1998); Anne Else and Susan St John, Tandem Press
Susan St John
Senior Lecturer
Economics Department
University of Auckland
Ph (64-9) 373 7559 /7432
Fax 373 7427
Email s.stjohn@auckland.ac.nz
University of Auckland website: http://staff.business.auckland.ac.nz/sstjohn