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20_08: Delineating functional labour market areas with estimable classification stabilities

Benjamin Davies and David Maré

20_07: Modelling urban development in New Zealand

Stuart Donovan, Arthur Grimes and David C. Maré

20_06: How does Monetary Policy affect welfare?

Lina El-Jahel, Robert MacCulloch and Hamed Shafiee

20_05: Measuring commute patterns over time: Using administrative data to identify where employees live and work

Richard Fabling and David C. Maré

20_04: Hometown whanau or big city millennials? The economic geography of graduate destination choices in New Zealand

Arthur Grimes, Shaan Badenhorst, David C. Maré and Jacques Poot

20_02: Projecting the effect of climate change-induced increases in extreme rainfall on residential property damages: A case study from New Zealand

Jacob Pastor-Paz, Ilan Noy, Isabelle Sin, Abha Sood, David Fleming-Munoz and Sally Owen

20_01: Why are there more accidents on Mondays? Economic incentives, ergonomics or externalities

Michelle Poland, Isabelle Sin and Steven Stillman

19_23: Ultra-fast broadband, skill complementarities, gender and wages

Richard Fabling and Arthur Grimes

19_22: Occupational drift in New Zealand: 1976-2018

David Maré

19_21: Is the pay of medical specialists in New Zealand gender biased?

Isabelle Sin and Bronwyn Bruce-Brand

19_20: Commuting to diversity

David Maré and Jacques Poot

19_19: EQC and extreme weather events (part 2): Measuring the impact of insurance on New Zealand landslip, storm and flood recovery using nightlights

Sally Owen, Ilan Noy, Jacob Pástor-Paz and David Fleming

19_18: Measuring the “gig” economy: Challenges and options

Lynn Riggs, Isabelle Sin and Dean Hyslop

19_17: Digital inclusion and wellbeing in New Zealand

Arthur Grimes and Dominic White

19_16: Competition and productivity: Do commonly used metrics suggest a relationship?

David Maré and Richard Fabling

19_15: Changes in New Zealand’s Business Insolvency Rates after the Global Financial Crisis

Viv Hall and Christopher McDermott

19_14: Housing markets and migration – Evidence from New Zealand

Dean Hyslop, Trinh Le, David Maré and Steven Stillman

19_13: Liquidity, the government balance sheet, and the public sector discount rate

Andrew Coleman

19_12: A Community of Practice for Economic Modelling of Climate Change Mitigation in New Zealand

Niven Winchester, Dominic White and Catherine Leining

19_11: Cows, cash and climate: Low stocking rates, high-performing cows, emissions and profitability across New Zealand farms

David Fleming, Suzi Kerr and Edmund Lou

19_10: Identifying barriers to adoption of “no-cost” greenhouse gas mitigation practices in pastoral systems

Sandra Cortes Acosta, David Fleming, Loic Henry, Edmund Lou, Sally Owen and Bruce Small

19_09: Paying for Mitigation: How New Zealand Can Contribute to Others’ Efforts

Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining

19_08: Uncertainty, Risk and Investment and the NZ ETS

Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining

19_07: Managing Scarcity and Ambition in the NZ ETS

Catherine Leining and Suzi Kerr

19_06: The Contrasting Importance of Quality of Life and Quality of Business for Domestic and International Migrants

Arthur Grimes, Kate Preston, David Maré, Shaan Badenhorst and Stuart Donovan

19_05: Valuing cultural diversity of cities

David Maré and Jacques Poot

19_04: Financial Transfers and Climate Cooperation

Suzi Kerr, Steffen Lippert and Edmund Lou

19_03: Improved productivity measurement in New Zealand's Longitudinal Business Database

Richard Fabling and David Maré

19_02: The settlement experience of Pacific migrants in New Zealand: Insights from LISNZ and the IDI

Isabelle Sin and Judd Ormsby

19_01: Relatedness, Complexity and Local Growth

Benjamin Davies and David Maré

18_16: Land-use modelling in New Zealand: current practice and future needs

Jo Hendy, Levente Timar and Dominic White

18_15: Energy- and multi-sector modelling of climate change mitigation in New Zealand: current practice and future needs

Dominic White and Niven Winchester

18_14: Amenities and the attractiveness of New Zealand cities

Kate Preston, David Maré, Arthur Grimes and Stuart Donovan

18_13: Who partners up? Educational assortative matching and the distribution of income in New Zealand

Omoniyi Alimi, David Maré and Jacques Poot

18_12: Entrepreneurial beginnings: Transitions to self-employment and the creation of jobs

Richard Fabling

18_11: International Agricultural Mitigation Research and the Impacts and Value of Two SLMACC Research Projects

David Fleming and Kate Preston

18_10: Do housing allowances increase rents? Evidence from a discrete policy change

Dean Hyslop and David Rea

18_09: Public insurance and climate change (part one): Past trends in weather-related insurance in New Zealand

David Fleming, Ilan Noy, Jacob Pastor-Paz and Sally Owen

18_08: Parenthood and labour market outcomes

Isabelle Sin, Kabir Dasgupta and Gail Pacheco

18_07: Moving towards happiness

Arthur Grimes and Dennis Wesselbaum

18_06: Sustainable economic policy and well-being: The relationship between adjusted net savings and subjective well-being

Mubashir Qasim and Arthur Grimes

18_05: HRMI Civil and Political Rights Metrics: 2018 Technical Note

K Chad Clay, Ryan Bakker, Anne-Marie Brook, Daniel Hill and Amanda Murdie

18_04: Is internet on the right track? The digital divide, path dependence, and the rollout of New Zealand’s ultra-fast broadband

Eyal Apatov, Nathan Chappell and Arthur Grimes

18_03: How did removing student allowances for postgraduate study affect students’ choices?

Isabelle Sin, Eyal Apatov and David Maré

18_02: Worker flows, entry, and productivity in New Zealand’s construction industry

Adam Jaffe and Nathan Chappell

18_01: Absorptive capacity in New Zealand firms: Measurement and importance

Richard Harris and Trinh Le

17_15: What drives the gender wage gap? Examining the roles of sorting, productivity differences, and discrimination

Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman and Richard Fabling

17_14: How political systems and social welfare policies affect well-being: A literature review

Robert MacCulloch

17_13: Valuing Sunshine

David Fleming, Arthur Grimes, Laurent Lebreton, David Maré and Peter Nunns

17_12: The longer term impacts of job displacement on labour market outcomes

Dean Hyslop and Wilbur Townsend