This paper estimates the effect of introducing unit pricing for municipal domestic waste collection and disposal in Christchurch. The price effect is shown in a demand model estimation using data collected in a contingent valuation survey of Christchurch households conducted in 2003. The results...

New Zealand society is becoming more heterogeneous. A growing body of international literature suggests that heterogeneity lowers people's contributions towards public goods and social capital. We use two iterations of New Zealand census data to estimate the effect of ethnic, religious, income...

New Zealand is becoming more socially diverse, in common with other Western countries. Primarily US-based evidence suggests that growing diversity may lower people's participation in society, and their contributions towards public goods. We test for evidence of a similar relationship in New...