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To Make or Buy (Skills): An Analysis of Training Decisions Using Microdata

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand firms. The study uses a…

A Good Worker is Hard to Find: Skills Shortages in New Zealand Firms

This paper examines the determinants of firms’ skill shortages, using a specially-designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations Survey. We…

Women in trades: interviews with employers and tradeswomen

This study was to understand what employers were currently doing in New Zealand to attract and retain women in male-dominated trades and to learn more about…

Closing the gap: Plenty of potential economic upside

A report by Goldman Sachs on the use of women's and men's talents across the economy.

Case studies of community initiatives addressing family violence in refugee and migrant communities

This research describes the kinds of initiatives that were perceived by community members and service providers as working well in refugee and migrant communities and the…

Evaluation of the No Asset Procedure

The No Asset Procedure (NAP) was introduced in December 2007 as a means to assist people who have no available assets or insufficient income to repay…

Improving our understanding of Auckland's competitiveness: A synthesis of the Auckland Research Programme

Between 2007 and 2011, the Auckland Policy Office (APO) managed a research programme with the objective of acquiring evidence about how policy can best contribute to…

Estimating the determinants of population in Auckland

This paper analyses the location choices of new entrants to Auckland between 1996 and 2006, to identify a systematic relationship between residential location choices and features…

Evaluation of the Impacts of the Cross-Vote government assistance on firm performance

This report presents results from an evaluation of publicly-funded R&D assistance provided to New Zealand firms. We use recent econometric techniques to assess the impact of…

Auckland’s Knowledge Economy: Australasian and European Comparisons

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…