Exogenous versus endogenous rates of return: The user cost of capital in Statistics New Zealand's multifactor productivity measures (Stats NZ WP 10-03) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 In 2003, Statistics New Zealand received funding under the Government’s growth and innovation framework (GIF) to develop official productivity measures for the New Zealand economy. In…
The New Zealand Health Survey: Objectives and topic areas August 2010 Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2010 The New Zealand Health Survey (NZHS) is an important data collection tool for monitoring the health of the population. The information collected is an important source…
Chasing shadows – Comparing sex ratios in census, estimated resident, and Linked Employer-Employee data populations (Stats NZ WP 10-02) Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Changes in sex ratios observed in census and population estimates have drawn the attention of demographers and media in recent years and are articulated in the…
Ageing and violent crime in New Zealand (Stats NZ WP 10-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 In this paper we answer three questions about demographic change and violent crime in New Zealand: How has the age-sex profile of violent offending been changing?…
2009 Community Survey Methodology Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 Understanding the economic and social outcomes of migrants contributes to the development of effective immigration policy and settlement services. The Community Survey is one of several…
Annual measures of job creation and destruction in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 Job creation and destruction statistics at the aggregate level reflect the net result of the thousands of businesses in the New Zealand economy changing their specific…
Methodology Report for the 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey Last Publication Date: 02 Jun 2010 The 2007/08 New Zealand Alcohol and Drug Use Survey (NZADUS) measured self-reported alcohol, illicit and other drug use for recreational purposes, including consumption patterns, risk and…
Optimised geographies for data reporting: Zone design tools for census output geographies (Stats NZ WP 09-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 This paper explores methods that might be used to construct new geographies for data reporting that are in some sense optimised. The objective of the paper…
2008 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey: Quitting Results Last Publication Date: 02 Nov 2009 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey 2008: Quitting results, focussing on the quitting behaviour of current smokers, is the second report based on the New Zealand Tobacco…
Investigating accident compensation spells using linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009 This project was motivated by the Accident Compensation Corporation’s (ACC’s) interest in better understanding the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED). In particular, they were interested in its…
