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Trampusch, Christine ORCID: 0000-0003-1024-2065 (2018). A State-centred Explanation of the Finance-Pension Nexus: New Zealand's Pension Reforms as a Typical Case. SOCIAL POLICY AROUND THE WORLD, 52 (1). 343 - 365. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1467-9515

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Abstract

This study analyses the decision-making processes that led to the introduction of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (a public pension reserve and investment fund), as well as the KiwiSaver Scheme, which is New Zealand's first soft-compulsory private pension scheme. Why and how are governments engaged in the development of funded pensions? These are the questions this study addresses. In analyzing the finance-pension nexus in New Zealand, this article adopts a state-centric approach. It argues that pension funding reforms are shaped by state officials who pursue their own motives because policymakers frame funded pensions as an instrument for achieving broader fiscal, economic and financial policy outcomes. Because New Zealand is a typical case of a state-centric explanation, a study of its pension funding reforms helps in finding causal links between finance and pensions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Trampusch, Christine UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1024-2065 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-204906
DOI:	10.1111/spol.12304
Journal or Publication Title:	SOCIAL POLICY AROUND THE WORLD
Volume:	52
Number:	1
Page Range:	343 - 365
Date:	2018
Publisher:	WILEY
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1467-9515
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Political Science > Cologne Center for Comparative Politics
Subjects:	Social sciences Political science Public administration
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SOCIAL-POLICY RESPONSES; BUSINESS Multiple languages Development Studies; Public Administration; Social Issues; Social Work Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/20490