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New Zealand: A Typical Australasian Ecomony?

Grimes, Arthur - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2004

We examine trend economic developments in New Zealand and in each of Australia's six states and two territories (i …

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Trans-Tasman Migration, Transnationalism and Economic Development in Australasia

Poot, Jacques - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2009

This paper focuses on migration between Australia and New Zealand, which has exhibited a strong, but cyclical, net … movement towards Australia since the late 1960s. A long-term historical perspective is taken. Trans-Tasman migration is also … Zealanders in Australia is expected to continue to grow but the migration flows become increasingly diversified. One-third of the …

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Would Adopting the US Dollar Have Led to Improved Inflation, Output and Trade Balances for New Zealand in the 1990s?

Hall, Viv; Huang, Angela - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2003

Deterministic simulations with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's core FPS model show how New Zealand's broad macroeconomic environment might have evolved over the 1990s, if a US nominal yield curve and US TWI exchange rate movements under a common currency arrangement had been experienced....

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Investigation of Options for a New Longitudinal Household Survey: Issues and Options Paper

Crawford, Ron; Maré, David C - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2013

We examine arguments for a new Longitudinal Household Survey (LHS) in New Zealand, and design and governance arrangements that would best realise the value of a new LHS. Other instruments such as cohort studies, cross-sectional surveys, the census and longitudinally linked administrative data...

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The Relationship between Individual Labour Market Outcomes, Household Income and Expenditure, and Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand from 1983 to 2003

Stillman, Steven; Le, Trinh; Gibson, John; Hyslop, Dean; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2012

This paper investigates the relationship between individual labour market outcomes, household income and expenditure, and inequality and poverty in New Zealand using detailed data from the 1983/84 – 2003/04 Household Economic Survey (HES). We begin by discussing and summarising measures of...

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A State Housing Database: 1993-2009

Grimes, Arthur; Stillman, Steven; McDonald, Hugh; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2010

The 1990s saw a significant sell-off of state houses in New Zealand, while the 2000s saw a material rebuilding of the state house inventory. We provide in-depth documentation of a rich spatially-defined dataset of the stock, acquisition and disposal of New Zealand’s state houses since the...

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Household Wealth and Saving in New Zealand: Evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Family, Income and Employment

Le, Trinh; Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2010

This paper uses data from the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE) to estimate household saving in New Zealand between 2004-2006. Comprehensive data on wealth is collected biannually in SoFIE and we calculate household saving by examining how wealth has changed over time. We find that...

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Going to the Source: Using an Upstream Point of Regulation for Energy in a National Chinese Emissions Trading System

Kerr, Suzi; Duscha, Vicki - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2014

There are many choices within the design of an emissions trading system. In this paper we focus on one specific aspect – the point of regulation for the energy sector. This choice affects transaction costs; comprehensiveness, and hence the amount of emissions covered and the extent to which...

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The Ups and Downs of New Zealand House Prices

Hall, Viv B.; McDermott, John - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2006

This paper identifies the expansion and contraction phases of New Zealand's national and regional house prices, by employing techniques typically used to study cycles in real activity, the so-called Classical cycle dating method. We then enquire into the nature of the cycles, addressing five...

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Long Run Trends in New Zealand Industry Assistance

Lattimore, Ralph - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2003

New Zealand has had a complex process of adjusting commercial policy since the economic reforms began in 1984. This paper reports on the results of a research project to estimate the trends in industry assistance over this period and the variance of assistance within 2-digit industry groupings.

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