Working Paper on Health No 14
This analysis compares the 2015 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget, which found a conservatively estimated $629 million of… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 14
Policy
Working Paper on Health No 13
The health system needs more money each year just to maintain its current standards and services. This is to cover such things as population growth,… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 13
Working Paper on Health No 12
This analysis compares the 2014 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget, which found that $499 million was required to… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 12
Working Paper on Health No 11
In total, the operational expenses portion of the Health vote will need to rise by 3.5 percent or $499 million from $14,135 million to $14,633… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 11
Working Paper on Health No 1
The Report of the Ministerial Review Group, Meeting the Challenge (the “Horn Report”), claims that real health care costs will increase by almost 100% in… Read More »Working Paper on Health No 1
Inequality in Wages and Self-Employment 1998-2015
This study shows rising inequality in the hourly rates of gross earnings (before tax and benefits) among both wage and salary earners and the self-employed over the period 1998- 2015, although incomes of the lowest 10 percent (decile) of wage and salary earners benefited greatly from strong rises in the minimum wage since 2000. A majority of people received either low incomes per hour or experienced low growth in those hourly rates, or both.
International treaty examination of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus
Submission of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi to the Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination… Read More »International treaty examination of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus
Health Vote 2017-18 post-Budget
This spreadsheet updates the data used to assess the requirements for health spending before the 2017-18 Budget with actual budget data.
Did Budget 2017 Provide Enough for Health?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks whether Budget 2017 met the level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
How Much Funding Does Health Need in Budget 2017?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks, prior to Budget 2017, what level of funding will be required to maintain health services?