Achieving New Zealand's productivity potential Last Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016 Achieving New Zealand's productivity potential outlines reasons why New Zealand has generally struggled to lift productivity over the last four decades and the broad areas of policy…
What happened to people who left the benefit system during the year 30 June 2016 Last Publication Date: 30 Jun 2016
New Zealand literature review of Māori groupings Last Publication Date: 18 Apr 2016 This literature review presents an analysis of contemporary Māori social organisation – within the framework of traditional Mäori groupings. Māori culture and society is organised around…
Kids in the City – children’s independent mobility and physical activity in suburban neighbourhoods Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2015 This three year research project funded in 2010 by the Health Research Council investigates how urban neighbourhood environments can facilitate children’s independent mobility (IM – outdoor…
Understanding the productivity of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2015 This Cut to the Chase highlights three recent papers that use firm-level data to understand better the productivity of New Zealand firms: "Firm productivity growth and…
Innovations in Partnership Schools Kura Hourua Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2015 Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua (PSKH) are a new kind of school/kura outside the state system. The sponsors of PSKH are accountable to the Crown for…
Canterbury Wellbeing Index Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2015 The Canterbury Wellbeing Index tracks the progress of the social recovery, using indicators to provide information on the impacts of the earthquakes on wellbeing and to…
Measuring the innovative activity of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015 International comparisons suggest that, although the New Zealand public sector invests considerable resources into scientific research, New Zealand firms are not particularly effective at generating applied…