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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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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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Homeownership and Social Capital in New Zealand

Roskruge, Matthew; Grimes, Arthur; McCann, Philip; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2011

Does homeownership affect individual social capital and thereby influence local outcomes? Following DiPasquale and Glaeser, a body of literature suggests that homeownership is positively related to social capital formation. Homeowners have an incentive to engage in the local community in order...

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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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Estimating Firm-Level Effective Marginal Tax Rates and the User Cost of Capital in New Zealand

Fabling, Richard; Gemmell, Norman; Kneller, Richard; … - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2013

Effective marginal tax rates (EMTRs) can be very different from the statutory rate and vary across firms, reflecting such factors as the extent and nature of taxable deductions (losses, depreciation), asset and ownership structures, and debt/equity financing. We estimate firm-specific EMTRs and...

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Preliminary Evidence on Responses to the New Zealand Forestry Emissions Trading Scheme

Karpas, Eric; Kerr, Suzi - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2011

New Zealand is the first country to implement a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that includes a forestry component as part of its contribution to global climate mitigation and as a strategy for compliance with the international climate change agreement the Kyoto Protocol. The goal...

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