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Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory super

  • Written by Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Workers bear 71% to 100% of the cost of increases in compulsory superWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

The government’s much-anticipated Retirement Incomes Review has found that increases in employer’s compulsory superannuation contributions are financed by reductions in workers’ wage growth.

This isn’t obvious, and it certainly isn’t what the superannuation industry has been...

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