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Note_55: Some notes on measuring pay gaps

David Maré and Lyn Brieseman

Note_54: Think globally, act cooperatively: Progressing offshore mitigation for Aotearoa New Zealand

Catherine Leining, Sasha Maher and Hannah Kotula

Note_53: Distinctive neighbourhood housing patters in Aotearoa New Zealand

Hannah Kotula and David Maré

Note_52: Insights from Motu's Just Transitions Dialogue

Catherine Leining, Troy Baisden and Hannah Kotula

Note_51: Just transition processes: From theory to practice

Ana Pueyo and Catherine Leining

Note_50: How do childcare access issues affect mothers' work in the long term?

Isabelle Sin

Note_49: How are childcare access issues reflected in mothers' work?

Isabelle Sin

Note_48: How do childcare experiences differ by ethnicity and for families with previous childcare access issues?

Isabelle Sin

Note_47: How persistent are issues with access to affordable childcare?

Isabelle Sin

Note_46: Access to childcare interim report 1: Who has difficulty accessing affordable childcare?

Isabelle Sin

Note_45v2: Pay Gaps – an $18 billion a year issue (revised - 2025)

David Maré

Note_45: Pay gaps - an $18 billion a year issue

David Maré

Note_44: Rates of driver licence holding in Aotearoa New Zealand

Isabelle Sin

Note_43: The career paths and employment transitions of Early Childhood Education workers

Dean Hyslop and Trinh Le

Note_42: Characteristics of Adults undertaking Education and Training in New Zealand

Dean Hyslop, Trinh Le and Lynn Riggs

Note_41: The NZ ETS Cap Explorer Tool: design and key insights

Shaan Badenhorst, Sophie Hale, Catherine Leining and Suzi Kerr

Note_40: Climate change adaptation within New Zealand's transport system

Anthony Byett, Benjamin Davies, Roger Blakeley, Chris Bowie, Roger Blakeley, Roger Fairclough, Darren Fidler, Warren Furner, Graeme Guthrie, Lesley Haines, Angela Halliday, Andrew James, Suzi Kerr, Richard Levy, Barry McColl, Richard Meade, Ryan Paulik, Petra Pearce, Joanna Pohatu, Stephen Riley, James Tinnion-Morgan and Ilze Ziedens

Note_39: The characteristics of Early Childhood Education workers and their employment

Dean Hyslop and Trinh Le

Note_38: Māori land owners' decision-making processes around native forest regeneration

Pia Pohatu, Sophie Hale and Leo Mercer

Note_37: Healthy Homes Initiative Outcomes Evaluation: Initial Analysis of Health Outcomes

Nevil Pierse, Maddie White and Lynn Riggs

Note_36: Synthesis report: Barriers to adoption of no-cost agricultural mitigation practices

David Fleming, Phil Brown, Sandra Cortés-Acosta, Cecile de Klein, Robyn Dyne, Loic Henry, Suzi Kerr, Jorie Knook and Bruce Small

Note_35: Climate and land-use change: A synthesis of LURNZ modelling

Levente Timar

Note_34: Outfitting the NZ ETS in post-Paris style: Top Ten list for 2019

Catherine Leining and Suzi Kerr

Note_33: Contracts for native forest carbon: perspectives from large-scale emitters

Sophie Hale and Suzi Kerr

Note_32: Carbon farming on Māori land: Insights on the decision-making process

Sandra Cortés-Acosta

Note_31: Drought and climate change adaptation: Impacts and projections

Jo Hendy, Suzi Kerr, Angela Halliday, Sally Owen, Anne-Gaelle Ausseil, Rob Burton, Kenny Bell, Neil Deans, Blair Dickie, James Hale, Sophie Hale, Wageed Kamish, Jane Kitson, Brett Mullan, Rata Rodgers, Suzanne Rosier, Belinda Storey and Christian Zammit

Note_30: Communities and Climate Change: Vulnerability to Rising Seas and More Frequent Flooding

Janet Stephenson, Careoline Orchiston, Wendy Saunders, Suzi Kerr, Alex MacMillan, Leigh McKenzie, Maria Bartlett, Jonathan Boston, Christopher Brankin, Stephanie Clare, Nicholas Craddock-Henry, Bruce Glavovic, Shonagh Kenderdine, Molly Kennedy, Sally Owen, Ryan Paulik, Rata Rodgers, Sharon Torstonson and Scott Willis

Note_29: Climate Change & Stormwater and Wastewater Systems

Iain White, Belinda Storey, Sally Owen, Rob Bell, Frances Charters, Rob Bell, Blair Dickie, Liam Foster, Emily Harvey, James Hughes, Suzi Kerr, Judy Lawrence, Kepa Morgan, Gavin Palmer, Noel Roberts, Adolf Stroombergen, Kepa Morgan and Christian Zammit

Note_28: An Effective NZ ETS: Clear Price Signals to Guide Low-Emission Investment (wrongly labelled as Note 28)

Suzi Kerr, Catherine Leining, Joanna Silver, Phil Brown, Nigel Brunel, Sandra Cortes-Acosta, Stuart Frazer, Adrian Macey, Guy Salmon and Paul Young

Note_26: New Zealand's Freshwater Reforms: What are the Potential Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions?

Mark Shephard, Adam Daigneault, Brent Clothier, Brian Devantier, Sandy Elliot, Suzie Greenhlagh, Duncan Harrison, Barbara Hock, Suzi Kerr, Edmund Lou, Gina Lucci, Alex MacKay, Ross Monaghan, Karin Müller, Leah Murphy, Tim Payn, Levente Timar, Ronaldo Vibart, Sanjay Wadhwa and Steve Wakelin

Note_25: New Offset Options for New Zealand

Veronika Meduna

Note_24: Barriers to Adoption of No-Cost Options for Mitigation of Agricultural Emissions: A Typology

Adam Jaffe

Note_23: New Zealand's low-emissions future: Transformational pathways

Catherine Leining and Suzi Kerr

Note_22: Time-travelling on the New Zealand emissions trading scheme

Catherine Leining

Note_21: The material wellbeing of New Zealand households

Arthur Grimes and Sean Hyland

Note_20: The Taupo Nitrogen Market: The World's Only Diffuse Source Trading Programme

Suzi Kerr, Suzie Greenhalgh and Geoff Simmons

Note_19: From Fact to Act: New Zealanders' Beliefs and Actions on Climate Change

Catherine Leining and Scott White

Note_18: Not a Problem, Someone Else's Problem, My Problem or Our Opportunity? Shifting Attitudes and Behaviour on Mitigating Climate Change

Catherine Leining

Note_17: A few lessons for climate change action from the literature on cooperation and behavioural economics

Judd Ormsby and Suzi Kerr

Note_16: New Zealand’s journey towards a low-emission future: Today's climate change landscape

Catherine Leining

Note_15: A framework for evaluating the beneficial impacts of publicly funded research

Adam Jaffe

Note_14: Value and natural capital: Examining the economist's perspective

Josh Pemberton and Suzi Kerr

Note_13: Tackling Agricultural Emissions: Potential Leadership from a Small Country

Suzi Kerr and Zack Dorner

Note_12: The adoption of environmentally friendly technologies in agriculture

Isabelle Sin

Note_11: Optimal Infrastructure Adaptation to Climate Change

Arthur Grimes

Note_10: Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: A Policy Prototype

Suzi Kerr, Hugh McDonald and Kit Rutherford

Note_09: Why do New Zealanders care about agricultural emissions?

Hugh McDonald and Suzi Kerr

Note_08: PAYGO v SAYGO: Prefunding Government-Provided Pensions

Andrew Coleman

Note_07: Behavioural Economics: Implications for the Savings Literature

Andrew Coleman

Note_06: Mandatory Retirement Income Schemes, Saving Incentives, and KiwiSaver

Andrew Coleman

Note_05: Strategic Transport Choices

Arthur Grimes

Note_04: Transport infrastructure, lockout, and urban form: Highway development in Auckland and the United States

Andrew Coleman

Note_03: Pacific Peoples’ homeownership in New Zealand

Arthur Grimes and Chris Young

Note_02: Greenhouse Gases and Water Pollutants: Interactions Between Concurrent New Zealand Trading Systems

Suzi Kerr and Marianna Kennedy

Note_01: The Role of Infrastructure in Developing New Zealand's Economy

Arthur Grimes