Enhancing Productivity: Towards an Updated Action Agenda Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural…
Management Matters in New Zealand: How does Manufacturing Measure Up? Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This paper benchmarks management practices in New Zealand manufacturing firms against the global best. The project was undertaken by a research team from the University of…
Business Responses to the Introduction of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: Part I: Baseline Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This study creates a 2010 baseline of business responses to the introduction of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and the reasons for those…
Auckland’s Knowledge Economy: Australasian and European Comparisons Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This paper examines one key theme of modern spatial economics relating to city development: Do the major cities within and across countries increasingly attract a disproportionate…
Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants and the New Zealand-born 1997-2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 In this paper, unit record survey data from the 1997–2009 New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS) is used to examine: how labour market outcomes and returns to human…
Attitudes towards Immigrants and Immigrant Experiences: Predictive models based on regional characteristics Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 In a globally competitive market, New Zealand has set about formulating immigration policy and practices for economic growth and development. At the same time, due consideration…
Cultural philanthropy Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 From the Foreword For centuries, culture and private philanthropy have been inextricably linked. Early in the first century AD, the Roman poet Horace dedicated his first poem…
Life After Study: International students' settlement experiences in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 This report uses multiple information sources to describe the characteristics of international students in New Zealand, the motivations of former international students who have successfully transitioned…
Schoolchildren in paid employment: a summary of research findings Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 This paper summarises the state of knowledge surrounding New Zealand schoolchildren in employment to early 2010. It brings together formative publications from earlier in the decade,…
Household spending on culture 2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 New Zealand households spent a total of $2.84 billion on cultural goods and services, an average of $34.70 a week per household in the year ended…
