Research papers listed by JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification number.
A small number of papers do not appear in this finding aid as they do not have JEL classifications assigned.
I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - General
Reducing Māori and Pacific Inequalities (WP 01/30)
Working paper
I1 - Health
I10 - Health: General
Allocating Vote: Health - 'Needs Assessment' and an Economics-Based Approach (WP 00/04)
Working paperDeprivation in New Zealand: Regional Patterns and Changes (WP 01/09)
Working paperHealth and Labour Force Participation (WP 10/03)
Working paperHealth and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paperHealth and Wealth (WP10/05)
Working paperThe Cost of Ill Health (WP 10/04)
Working paper
I11 - Analysis of Health Care Markets
Investigating Health Technology Diffusion in New Zealand - How Does it Spread and Who Stands to Gain? (WP 06/05)
Working paperManagement of Key Purchaser Risks in Devolved Purchase Arrangements in Health Care (WP 00/17)
Working paperUse of Targets to Improve Health System Performance: English NHS Experience and Implications for New Zealand (WP 06/06)
Working paper
I12 - Health Behavior
I18 - Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
Poverty, Income Inequality and Health (WP 01/29)
Working paper
I2 - Education and Research Institutions
I21 - Analysis of Education
Adult literacy and economic growth (WP 04/24)
Working paperExplaining ethnic disparities in bachelor's qualifications: participation, retention and completion in NZ (PCWP 2017/01)
Productivity Commission working paperHealthy, Wealthy and Wise? A Review of the Wider Benefits of Education (WP 04/04)
Working paperQuality adjusting sector-level data on New Zealand schools (PCWP 2017/02)
Productivity Commission working paperSchool Leaving, Labour Supply and Tertiary Education Choices of Young Adults: An Economic Analysis Utilising the 1977-1995 Christchurch Health and Development Surveys (WP 00/03)
Working paperSecondary and Tertiary Educational Attainment and Income Levels for Māori and Non-Māori Over Time (WP 00/18)
Working paperStudent Mobility Across Schools and its Links to Under-achievement (WP 18/01)
Working paper
I24 - Education and Inequality
I26 - Returns to Education
I28 - Education: Government Policy
I29 - Education: Other
I3 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - General
Economic outcomes of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) (WP 15/01)
Working paperFood Expenditure and GST in New Zealand (WP 14/07)
Working paperGender Budgeting: A Useful Approach for Aotearoa New Zealand (WP 18/02)
Working paperReducing Māori and Pacific Inequalities (WP 01/30)
Working paper
I30 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
A Preliminary Analysis of the Dynamics of Individual Market and Disposable Incomes (WP 00/15)
Working paperSocial sector productivity: a task perspective - Research note 2017/01
Productivity Commission research paperThe Changes in New Zealand's Income Distribution (WP 00/13)
Working paperThe Marginal Welfare Cost of Personal Income Taxation in New Zealand (WP 17/01)
Working paperUnderstanding Changes in the Distribution of Household Incomes in New Zealand between 1983-86 and 1995-98 (WP 01/21)
Working paper
I31 - General Welfare; Well-Being
A Practical Approach to Well-being Based Policy Development: What Do New Zealanders Want from Their Retirement Income Policies? (WP 15/14)
Working paperAdult Equivalence Scales, Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand (WP 04/21)
Working paperHealthy, Wealthy and Wise? A Review of the Wider Benefits of Education (WP 04/04)
Working paperInvesting in Well-being: An Analytical Framework (WP 02/23)
Working paperOutcomes Focussed Management in New Zealand - A Background Paper (WP 01/05)
Working paperSubjective wellbeing in New Zealand: Some recent evidence - Research note 2016/03
Productivity Commission research paperThe Role of Value Judgements in Measuring Inequality (WP 14/13)
Working paperUnderstanding the Growth in Welfare Benefit Receipt in Britain: A Review of the Evidence (WP 00/23)
Working paperWork and Family Balance: An Economic View (WP 03/26)
Working paper
I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Income Growth and Earnings Variations in New Zealand, 1998-2004 (WP 05/11)
Working paperMultidimensional disadvantage and wellbeing (PCWP 2023/01)
Productivity Commission working paperThe Living Standards, Incomes and Accommodation Costs of Older New Zealanders Revisited (WP 05/03)
Working paper
I38 - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
An Analysis of Benefit Flows in New Zealand Using a Social Accounting Framework (WP 13/01)
Working paperCharacteristics of Children at Greater Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults (AP 16/01)
Analytical paperDistribution Explorer
Modelling and data toolEvaluation of the impact of the Youth Service: NEET programme (WP 16/08)
Working paperEvaluation of the impact of the Youth Service: Youth Payment and Young Parent Payment (WP 16/07)
Working paperFiscal incidence and income inequality by age: Results for New Zealand in tax year 2018/19 (AN 24/09)
Analytical noteFiscal incidence in New Zealand: The effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes in tax year 2018/19 (AN 24/01)
Analytical noteIncome Explorer
Modelling and data toolIntergenerational contracts and time inconsistency: Implications for policy settings and governance in the social welfare system? (WP 13/25)
Working paperNew Zealand's Family Assistance Tax Credits: Evolution and Operation (WP 02/16)
Working paperNew Zealand's Social Assistance System: Financial Incentives to Work (WP 03/18)
Working paperTax and Transfer Progressivity in New Zealand: Part 2 Results (AN 23/03)
Analytical noteTax and Transfer Progressivity in New Zealand: Part 1 Methodology (AN 23/02)
Analytical noteThe effect of New Zealand Superannuation eligibility age on the labour force participation of older people (WP 05/09)
Working paperUsing IDI Data to Estimate Fiscal Impacts of Better Social Sector Performance (AP 16/04)
Analytical paperUsing Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Youth Who are at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults (AP 15/02)
Analytical paperUsing Integrated Administrative Data to Understand Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Young Adults (AP 15/01)
Analytical paper