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Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further

  • Written by Susan St John, Honorary Associate Professor, Economic Policy Centre, Auckland Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households furtherSocial Development Minister Louise UpstonHagen Hopkins/Getty Images

When the government announced in its May budget that it would tighten eligibility for young New Zealanders getting Jobseeker benefits, there were few details about how the policy would work. We now have those details, and they raise many questions.

From November next year, if...

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