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A Socio-demographic Profile of Maori living in Australia.

Kukutai, Tahu; Pawar, Shefali - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

This report provides a comprehensive demographic and socio-economic profile of the Maori population in Australia using … data from the 2011 Australia Census of Population and Housing. The purpose is to provide an evidence base with which to … inform future policy approaches with respect to Maori in Australia. It focuses on five key areas: Population size and …

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Credit Losses in Australasian Banking

Hess, Kurt; Grimes, Arthur; Holmes, Mark J. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2008

We analyse determinants of bank credit losses in Australasia. Despite sizeable credit losses over the past two decades, ours is the first systematic study to do so. Analysis is based on a comprehensive dataset retrieved from original financial reports of 32 Australasian banks (1980-2005). Credit...

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Changes in Social Security Eligibility and the International Mobility of New Zealand Citizens in Australia

Poot, Jacques; Sanderson, Lynda - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2007

This paper is concerned with the international mobility of New Zealanders who migrate to Australia. One in ten New … Zealand citizens lives in Australia and their settlement and subsequent mobility is important from demographic, socio … back into Australia, up to July 2005. This allows us to assess the impact of the removal of labour market-related social …

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Insights into Business Confidence from Firm-Level Panel Data

Silverstone, Brian; Mitchell, James - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2005

Business confidence announcements attract widespread attention, yet relatively little is known about the series itself. What, for example, does an improvement or deterioration in business confidence mean? We consider this question using a panel of firm-level responses to a business opinion...

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Fostering Innovation in a Small Open Economy: The Case of the New Zealand Biotechnology Sector

Marsh, Dan - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2000

The New Zealand Biotechnology sector is worthy of study for several reasons. While there is a large and growing international literature on economic aspects of biotechnology innovation these studies concentrate on the United States and Europe. The New Zealand biotechnology sector may be expected...

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Help Wanted in New Zealand: The ANZ Bank Job Advertisement Series

Silverstone, Brian - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2004

The ANZ Bank publishes a monthly count of the number of job advertisements appearing in New Zealand newspapers and, more recently, internet sites. It is New Zealand’s de facto vacancy or help-wanted series. Apart from its role in economic commentaries, there is very little published research...

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Rural Trajectories: Diversification and Farm-Community Linkages in Whakatane District, 1999–2003

Joseph, Alun E.; Lidgard, Jacqueline; Bedford, Richard - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2004

In New Zealand and elsewhere the interdependence of development in farming and the broader rural community can no longer be taken for granted. Five years ago we conducted a comparative analysis of the interrelated dynamics of change in agriculture and rural communities in the Central North...

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The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New Zealand: A Review

Cameron, Michael P. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

Despite near universal recognition of the importance of climate change impacts on future generations, to date there has been no dedicated research on the effects of climate change on the population distribution in Aotearoa New Zealand. This paper reports on a review of international literature...

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Labour Force Participation among Older New Zealanders, 1991-2013

Cameron, Michael P. - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2014

WNew Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly and alongside this the labour force is also ageing. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the labour force and employment trends among older New Zealanders (that is, those aged 55 and over). Specifically, the paper focuses on labour force...

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Factors Associated with Financial Literacy among High School Students

Cameron, Michael P.; Calderwood, Richard; Cox, Ashleigh; … - Department of Economics, Waikato Management School - 2013

Understanding the financial literacy of young people is an essential prerequisite for developing effective education programmes designed to improve young people’s understanding of personal finance. In this paper, we present results from a survey of high school students which included a...

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