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Decentralisation

A Case Study in Devolution: The Problem of Preserving Kiwi Habitat in the Far North (WP 98/07a)
Working paper
Striking a Balance: Centralised and Decentralised Decisions in Government (WP 02/15)
Working paper
Subsidiarity: Implications for New Zealand (WP 02/03)
Working paper

Savings

An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Economic Imbalances: New Zealand's Structural Challenge (WP 11/03)
Working paper
Household Saving Behaviour in New Zealand: A Cohort Analysis (WP 01/18)
Working paper
Household Saving Behaviour in New Zealand: Why do Cohorts Behave Differently? (WP 03/32)
Working paper
Household Savings: A Survey of Recent Microeconomic Theory and Evidence (WP 98/08)
Working paper
Housing in the Household Portfolio and Implications for Retirement Saving: Some Initial Finding from SOFIE (WP 07/04)
Working paper
Intergenerational Developments in Household Saving Behaviour (WP 14/23)
Working paper
KiwiSaver and the Accumulation of Net Wealth (WP 14/22)
Working paper
KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving (WP 11/04)
Working paper
KiwiSaver: Comparing Survey and Administrative Data (WP 14/06)
Working paper
Measuring Saving Rates in New Zealand: An Update (WP 13/04)
Working paper
Options to Narrow New Zealand's Saving - Investment Imbalance (WP 14/17)
Working paper
Pensions, Savings and Housing: A life-cycle Framework with Policy Simulations (WP 14/14)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand - Implications for Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving (WP 03/10)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand: The Impact on Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving with a Flexible Real Exchange Rate (WP 03/34)
Working paper
Review of the KiwiSaver Fund Manager Market Dynamics and Allocation of Assets
Treasury paper
Saving and Growth in an Open Economy (WP 01/32)
Working paper
Saving for Retirement: New Evidence for New Zealand (WP 04/12)
Working paper
Saving in New Zealand - Issues and Options
Treasury paper
Saving in New Zealand: Measurement and Trends (WP 02/02)
Working paper
Saving Rates and Portfolio Allocation in New Zealand (WP 99/09)
Working paper
The Effect of Public Pension Eligibility Age on Household Saving: Evidence from a New Zealand Natural Experiment (WP 14/21)
Working paper
The Impact of Workplace and Personal Superannuation Schemes on Net Worth: Evidence from the Household Savings Survey (WP 04/08)
Working paper
Why are Real Interest Rates in New Zealand so High? Evidence and Drivers (WP 10/09)
Working paper

Trade

A Gravity Model of Barriers to Trade in New Zealand (WP 14/05)
Working paper
Decomposing New Zealand's Terms of Trade (WP 15/16)
Working paper
Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Examining the Elasticity of New Zealand's Current Account to the Real Exchange Rate (WP 14/12)
Working paper
Export performance, invoice currency, and heterogeneous exchange rate pass-through (WP 13/03)
Working paper
Geography, Trade and Growth Problems and Possibilities for the New Zealand Economy (WP 03/03)
Working paper
Global Connectedness and Bilateral Economic Linkages - Which Countries? (WP 04/09)
Working paper
Greening the WTO's Disputes Settlement Understanding: Opportunities and Risks (WP 01/28)
Working paper
Past, Present and Future Developments in New Zealand's Terms of Trade (WP 06/09)
Working paper
The Outlook for China's Growth and its Impact on New Zealand Exports (WP 13/16)
Working paper
Trade and Migration to New Zealand (WP 04/18)
Working paper

Child development

Disadvantaged

Deprivation in New Zealand: Regional Patterns and Changes (WP 01/09)
Working paper
Geography and the Inclusive Economy: A Regional Perspective (WP 01/17)
Working paper
Research Using Administrative Data to Support the Work of the Expert Panel on Modernising Child, Youth and Family (AP 16/03)
Analytical paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Youth Who are at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults (AP 15/02)
Analytical paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Understand Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Young Adults (AP 15/01)
Analytical paper

Financial markets

Asymmetric Information, Financial Intermediation and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: A Critical Review (WP 03/19)
Working paper
Determinants of the New Zealand Yield Curve: Domestic vs. Foreign Influences (WP 14/19)
Working paper
Financial Systems and Economic Growth: An Evaluation Framework for Policy (WP 04/17)
Working paper
Investor Protection and the New Zealand Stock Market (PP 07/02)
Policy perspectives paper
New Zealand Financial Markets, Saving and Investment (PP 07/01)
Policy perspectives paper

Agriculture

The Role of R&D in Productivity Growth: The Case of Agriculture in New Zealand: 1927 to 2001 (WP 06/01)
Working paper

Income

A Preliminary Analysis of the Dynamics of Individual Market and Disposable Incomes (WP 00/15)
Working paper
Adult Equivalence Scales, Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand (WP 04/21)
Working paper
Alternative Distributions for Inequality and Poverty Comparisons (WP 13/11)
Working paper
Average Marginal Income Tax Rates for New Zealand, 1907-2009 (WP 12/04)
Working paper
Does Benefit Receipt Affect Future Income? An Econometric Explanation (WP 00/14)
Working paper
Economic Explanations of Earnings Distribution Trends in the International Literature and Application to New Zealand (WP 00/16)
Working paper
Education and Māori Relative Income Levels Over Time: The Mediating Effect of Occupation, Industry, Hours of Work and Locality (WP 02/17)
Working paper
Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Income Growth and Earnings Variations in New Zealand, 1998-2004 (WP 05/11)
Working paper
Inequality in New Zealand 1983/84 to 2013/14 (WP 15/06)
Working paper
Intergenerational Smoothing of New Zealand's Future Fiscal Costs (WP 13/12)
Working paper
Poverty, Income Inequality and Health (WP 01/29)
Working paper
Secondary and Tertiary Educational Attainment and Income Levels for Māori and Non-Māori Over Time (WP 00/18)
Working paper
The Changes in New Zealand's Income Distribution (WP 00/13)
Working paper
The Distributional Impact of Population Ageing (WP 13/13)
Working paper
The Elasticity of Taxable Income in New Zealand (WP 12/03)
Working paper
The Employment and Income Effects of Eight Chronic and Acute Health Conditions (WP 15/15)
Working paper
Women's Retirement Incomes in New Zealand: A Household Bargaining Approach (WP 04/22)
Working paper

Public finance

An Application of Portfolio Theory to New Zealand's Public Sector (WP 98/04)
Working paper
An Integrated Approach to Government Financial Policy (WP 99/08)
Working paper
Contemporary Microeconomic Foundations for the Structure and Management of the Public Sector (WP 12/01)
Working paper
Crown Financial Asset Management: Objectives and Practice (WP 01/12)
Working paper
Objectives, Targets and Instruments for Crown Financial Policy (WP 03/21)
Working paper
Tales of Three Budgets: Changes in long-term fiscal projections through the GFC and beyond (WP 13/23)
Working paper
Three Policy Options for Crown Financial Policy (WP 03/30)
Working paper

Time series models

A Structural VAR Model of the New Zealand Business Cycle (WP 02/26)
Working paper
Estimating a New Zealand NAIRU (WP 04/10)
Working paper
Growth and Volatility Regime Switching Models for New Zealand GDP Data (WP 02/08)
Working paper

Economic integration

Economic Integration and Monetary Union (WP 99/06)
Working paper
Economic Integration, Sovereignty and Identity: New Zealand in the Global Economy (WP 00/22)
Working paper
Facts About Economic Integration: How Integrated is New Zealand with the Rest of the World? (WP 00/21)
Working paper
Global Connectedness and Bilateral Economic Linkages - Which Countries? (WP 04/09)
Working paper
Regional Price Convergence in Australia and New Zealand, 1984-1996 (WP 98/03)
Working paper

Superannuation

Prices

Regional Price Convergence in Australia and New Zealand, 1984-1996 (WP 98/03)
Working paper

Labour force

Background paper: Labour productivity growth in the Treasury's fiscal projections
Background paper
Discrete Hours Labour Supply Modelling: Specification, Estimation and Simulation (WP 03/20)
Working paper
Does Quality Matter in Labour Input? The Changing Pattern of Labour Composition in New Zealand (WP 08/01)
Working paper
Earnings and employment in foreign-owned firms (WP 14/16)
Working paper
Go West, Young Man, Go West!? (WP 01/07)
Working paper
Health and Labour Force Participation (WP 10/03)
Working paper
Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders (WP 10/02)
Working paper
Income Tax Revenue Elasticities with Endogenous Labour Supply (WP 02/22)
Working paper
Internal Mobility in New Zealand (WP 01/04)
Working paper
Labour Force Participation and GDP in New Zealand (WP 04/07)
Working paper
Migration and Economic Growth: A 21st Century Perspective (WP 06/02)
Working paper
Modelling Regional Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand (WP 02/01)
Working paper
New Zealand Labour Market Dynamics: Pre- and Post-global Financial Crisis (WP 14/03)
Working paper
New Zealand Labour Supply from 1991-2001: An Analysis Based on a Discrete Choice Structural Utility Model (WP 03/23)
Working paper
Population Ageing and the Growth of Income and Consumption Tax Revenue (WP 13/09)
Working paper
Productivity, Capital-Intensity and Labour Quality at Sector Level in New Zealand and the UK (WP 07/01)
Working paper
Regional Labour market Adjustment and the Movements of People: A Review (WP 01/08)
Working paper
Taking on the West Island: How does New Zealand's labour productivity stack up? (TPRP 10/01)
Productivity paper
The Contributions from Firm Entry, Exit and Continuation to Labour Productivity Growth in New Zealand (WP 05/01)
Working paper
The Cost of Ill Health (WP 10/04)
Working paper
The effect of New Zealand Superannuation eligibility age on the labour force participation of older people (WP 05/09)
Working paper
Working for Families changes: The effect on labour supply in New Zealand (WP 14/18)
Working paper

Families

New Zealand's Family Assistance Tax Credits: Evolution and Operation (WP 02/16)
Working paper
Theories of the Family and Policy (WP 04/02)
Working paper
Work and Family Balance: An Economic View (WP 03/26)
Working paper

Pacific Islanders

A conversation about the future with Damon Salesa
Case study
A conversation about the future with Penehuro Lefale
Case study
Reducing Māori and Pacific Inequalities (WP 01/30)
Working paper

Petrol

The Effects on New Zealand Households of an Increase in the Petrol Excise Tax (WP 04/01)
Working paper

Demographic change

A conversation about the future with Damon Salesa
Case study
A conversation about the future with Professor Tahu Kukutai
Case study
Can Population Projections be Used for Sensitivity Tests on Policy Models? (WP 03/07)
Working paper
Demographic Change and New Zealand's Economic Growth (WP 03/04)
Working paper
Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Modelling the Effect of Population Ageing on Government Social Expenditures (WP 03/15)
Working paper
New Zealand's Diaspora and Overseas-born Population (WP 04/13)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditure (PP 05/01)
Policy perspectives paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditures in New Zealand, 1951-2051 (WP 04/14)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Social Expenditure in New Zealand: Stochastic Projections (WP 02/28)
Working paper
Population Ageing and the Efficiency of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 02/11)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand - Implications for Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving (WP 03/10)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand: The Impact on Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving with a Flexible Real Exchange Rate (WP 03/34)
Working paper
The Ageing of the New Zealand Population, 1881-2051 (WP 03/27)
Working paper
The Economics of Population Ageing (WP 02/05)
Working paper

International investment

Foreign Acquisition and the Performance of New Zealand Firms (WP 11/06)
Working paper

Monetary unions

Economic Integration and Monetary Union (WP 99/06)
Working paper
Economic Integration, Sovereignty and Identity: New Zealand in the Global Economy (WP 00/22)
Working paper

Consumption

An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand? (WP 03/22)
Working paper
Electricity Demand-Side Management
Treasury paper
KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving (WP 11/04)
Working paper
Measuring Saving Rates in New Zealand: An Update (WP 13/04)
Working paper

Environment

A conversation about the future with Dr Shaun Awatere
Case study
A conversation about the future with Penehuro Lefale
Case study
Environmental Risk Management in New Zealand - Is There Scope to Apply a More Generic Framework? (PP 06/06)
Policy perspectives paper
Greening the WTO's Disputes Settlement Understanding: Opportunities and Risks (WP 01/28)
Working paper
Property Rights and Environmental Policy: A New Zealand Perspective (WP 03/02)
Working paper
Sustainable Development: Environment and Economic Framework Integration (WP 01/27)
Working paper

Inflation

An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Estimating a New Zealand NAIRU (WP 04/10)
Working paper
The Impact of Monetary Policy on New Zealand Business Cycles and Inflation Variability (WP 03/09)
Working paper

Taxation

Alternative Distributions for Inequality and Poverty Comparisons (WP 13/11)
Working paper
An Analysis of a Cash Flow Tax for Small Business (WP 02/27)
Working paper
An Analysis of Tax Revenue Forecast Errors (WP 07/02)
Working paper
Average Marginal Income Tax Rates for New Zealand, 1907-2009 (WP 12/04)
Working paper
Effective Tax Rates on Capital in New Zealand - Changes 1972-1998 (WP 99/12)
Working paper
Equity and Efficiency Measures of Tax-Transfer Systems: Some Evidence for New Zealand (WP 08/04)
Working paper
Intergenerational Smoothing of New Zealand's Future Fiscal Costs (WP 13/12)
Working paper
Labour Supply in New Zealand and the 2010 Tax and Transfer Changes (WP 15/13)
Working paper
Labour Supply Incentives in Alternative Tax and Transfer Schemes: A Diagrammatic Introduction (WP 03/08)
Working paper
Options to Narrow New Zealand's Saving - Investment Imbalance (WP 14/17)
Working paper
Population Ageing and the Growth of Income and Consumption Tax Revenue (WP 13/09)
Working paper
Reweighting the New Zealand Household Economic Survey for Tax Microsimulation Modelling (WP 03/33)
Working paper
Survey Reweighting for Tax Microsimulation Modelling (WP 03/17)
Working paper
Tax Policy with Uncertain Future Costs: Some Simple Models (WP 13/07)
Working paper
Tax Rates and Revenue Changes: Behavioural and Structural Factors (WP 11/05)
Working paper
Tax Smoothing and Expenditure Creep (WP 98/09)
Working paper
Taxation, Reranking and Equivalence Scales (WP 03/11)
Working paper
The Built-in Flexibility of Income and Consumption Taxes in New Zealand (WP 03/05)
Working paper
The Distributional Impact of Population Ageing (WP 13/13)
Working paper
The Elasticity of Taxable Income in New Zealand (WP 12/03)
Working paper
The Excess Burden of Taxation and Why it (Approximately) Quadruples When the Tax Rate Doubles (WP 03/29)
Working paper
The impact of tax changes on the short-run investment behaviour of New Zealand firms (WP 15/05)
Working paper
The Requirements for Long-Run Fiscal Sustainability (WP 13/20)
Working paper
The Role of Value Judgements in Measuring Inequality (WP 14/13)
Working paper
Towards a Practical Cash-Flow Tax (WP 99/01)
Working paper

Infrastructure

Economic Regulation of Network Industries (WP 00/05)
Working paper

Interest rates

Determinants of the New Zealand Yield Curve: Domestic vs. Foreign Influences (WP 14/19)
Working paper
Why are Real Interest Rates in New Zealand so High? Evidence and Drivers (WP 10/09)
Working paper

Retirement

Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders (WP 10/02)
Working paper
Housing in the Household Portfolio and Implications for Retirement Saving: Some Initial Finding from SOFIE (WP 07/04)
Working paper
KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving (WP 11/04)
Working paper
Retirement Income Policy and National Savings (WP 13/28)
Working paper
Saving for Retirement: New Evidence for New Zealand (WP 04/12)
Working paper
Saving in New Zealand - Issues and Options
Treasury paper
The effect of New Zealand Superannuation eligibility age on the labour force participation of older people (WP 05/09)
Working paper
The Effect of Public Pension Eligibility Age on Household Saving: Evidence from a New Zealand Natural Experiment (WP 14/21)
Working paper
Women's Retirement Incomes in New Zealand: A Household Bargaining Approach (WP 04/22)
Working paper

Economic instruments

Securitisation: A Public Policy Tool? (WP 00/08)
Working paper
Taxes vs. Permits: Options for Price-Based Climate Change Regulation (WP 05/02)
Working paper

Justice

Justice, Wellbeing and Social Capital (DP 20/01)
Discussion paper
The Impact of Sentencing on Adult Offenders' Future Employment and Re-offending - Community Work Versus Fines (WP 15/04)
Working paper

Capital

Capital Shallowness: A Problem for New Zealand? (WP 05/05)
Working paper
Investment, Productivity and the Cost of Capital: Understanding New Zealand's 'Capital Shallowness' (TPRP 08/03)
Productivity paper
Private returns to tertiary education - How does New Zealand compare? (WP 13/10)
Working paper

Sustainable development

Institutions and Decision Making for Sustainable Development (WP 02/20)
Working paper
Sustainable Development: Environment and Economic Framework Integration (WP 01/27)
Working paper

Economic development

Adult literacy and economic growth (WP 04/24)
Working paper
Demographic Change and New Zealand's Economic Growth (WP 03/04)
Working paper
Financial Systems and Economic Growth: An Evaluation Framework for Policy (WP 04/17)
Working paper
Finland and New Zealand: A Cross-Country Comparison of Economic Performance (WP 00/01)
Working paper
Global Connectedness and Bilateral Economic Linkages - Which Countries? (WP 04/09)
Working paper
Human Capital and the Inclusive Economy (WP 01/16)
Working paper
Institutions, Firms and Economic Growth (WP 04/19)
Working paper
Measures of Human Capital: A Review of the Literature (WP 05/10)
Working paper
New Zealand's Economic Growth (WP 00/09)
Working paper
Past, Present and Future Developments in New Zealand's Terms of Trade (WP 06/09)
Working paper
Productivity in New Zealand 1988-2002 (WP 03/06)
Working paper
Saving and Growth in an Open Economy (WP 01/32)
Working paper
The Irish Economy: Lessons for New Zealand? (WP 98/01)
Working paper

Organisations

Institutions, Firms and Economic Growth (WP 04/19)
Working paper

National accounts

Calm After the Storm? Supply-side Contributions to New Zealand's GDP Volatility Decline (WP 01/33)
Working paper
Growth and Volatility Regime Switching Models for New Zealand GDP Data (WP 02/08)
Working paper
Measuring Saving Rates in New Zealand: An Update (WP 13/04)
Working paper
Retirement Income Policy and National Savings (WP 13/28)
Working paper
The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy (WP 08/03)
Working paper

Conservation (natural resources)

A Case Study in Devolution: The Problem of Preserving Kiwi Habitat in the Far North (WP 98/07a)
Working paper
Adaptive Governance and Evolving Solutions to Natural Resource Conflicts (WP 07/03)
Working paper
Central Government Guidance and the Resource Management Act (PP 05/02)
Policy perspectives paper
Conserving Biodiversity - Institutions, Policies and Incentives (WP 00/26)
Working paper
Encouraging Private Biodiversity - Incentives for Biodiversity Conservation on Private Land (WP 00/25)
Working paper
Funding Recreational Opportunity Provision on the New Zealand Conservation Estate (PP 06/07)
Policy perspectives paper
Principles for Royalties on Non-Mineral Natural Resources in New Zealand (PP 06/08)
Policy perspectives paper

Research

Innovation and Productivity: Using Bright Ideas to Work Smarter (TPRP 08/05)
Productivity paper
The Role of R&D in Productivity Growth: The Case of Agriculture in New Zealand: 1927 to 2001 (WP 06/01)
Working paper

Property rights

Property Rights and Environmental Policy: A New Zealand Perspective (WP 03/02)
Working paper
Protection Against Government Takings: Compensation for Regulation? (WP 02/18)
Working paper

Excise duties

Qualifications

Qualifications, Employment and the Value of Human Capital, 1986-2001 (WP 03/35)
Working paper

Statistics

Economic Geography and Spatial Statistics: Theory and Empirics of New Zealand Regions (WP 00/11)
Working paper
Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Saving in New Zealand: Measurement and Trends (WP 02/02)
Working paper

Royalties

Principles for Royalties on Non-Mineral Natural Resources in New Zealand (PP 06/08)
Policy perspectives paper

Children

Income tax

Average Marginal Income Tax Rates for New Zealand, 1907-2009 (WP 12/04)
Working paper
Household Incomes in New Zealand: The impact of the Market, Taxes and Government Spending, 1987/88-1997/98 (WP 04/20)
Working paper
Income Tax Revenue Elasticities with Endogenous Labour Supply (WP 02/22)
Working paper
Tax Rates and Revenue Changes: Behavioural and Structural Factors (WP 11/05)
Working paper
The Elasticity of Taxable Income in New Zealand (WP 12/03)
Working paper

Railways

The Privatisation of New Zealand Rail (WP 99/10)
Working paper

Secondary education

Secondary and Tertiary Educational Attainment and Income Levels for Māori and Non-Māori Over Time (WP 00/18)
Working paper

Electricity

Electricity Demand-Side Management
Treasury paper
Electricity Generation: Competition, Market Power and Investment (PP 06/04)
Policy perspectives paper

Government expenditure

Allocating Vote: Health - 'Needs Assessment' and an Economics-Based Approach (WP 00/04)
Working paper
Financing New Zealand Superannuation (WP 01/20)
Working paper
Funding Recreational Opportunity Provision on the New Zealand Conservation Estate (PP 06/07)
Policy perspectives paper
Government and economic growth: Does size matter? (TP11/01)
Treasury paper
Investigating Health Technology Diffusion in New Zealand - How Does it Spread and Who Stands to Gain? (WP 06/05)
Working paper
Modelling the Effect of Population Ageing on Government Social Expenditures (WP 03/15)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditure (PP 05/01)
Policy perspectives paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditures in New Zealand, 1951-2051 (WP 04/14)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Social Expenditure in New Zealand: Stochastic Projections (WP 02/28)
Working paper
Publicly Financed Education in an Endogenous Growth Model (WP 02/24)
Working paper
Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02)
Working paper
Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders (TP11/02)
Treasury paper

Government regulation

Economic Regulation of Network Industries (WP 00/05)
Working paper
Encouraging Quality Regulation: Theories and Tools (WP 03/24)
Working paper
International Comparative Surveys of Regulatory Impact (PP 06/05)
Policy perspectives paper
Protection Against Government Takings: Compensation for Regulation? (WP 02/18)
Working paper

Older people

Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Intergenerational Developments in Household Saving Behaviour (WP 14/23)
Working paper

Maori language

Language Revitalisation Policy: An Analytical Survey Theoretical Framework, Policy Experience and Application to Te Reo Māori (WP 98/06)
Working paper

Fiscal policy

An Empirical Investigation of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 06/08)
Working paper
An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Automatic Fiscal Stabilisers: Implications for New Zealand (WP 01/10)
Working paper
Automatic Fiscal Stablilisers (WP 99/07)
Working paper
Budget Management That Counts: Recent Approaches to Budget and Fiscal Management in New Zealand (WP 01/24)
Working paper
Challenges and Choices: Modelling New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Position (WP 10/01)
Working paper
Estimating New Zealand's Structural Budget Balance (WP 10/08)
Working paper
Estimating the Cyclically- and Absorption-adjusted Fiscal Balance for New Zealand (WP 15/09)
Working paper
Fiscal Policy, Growth and Convergence in Europe (WP 03/14)
Working paper
Government and economic growth: Does size matter? (TP11/01)
Treasury paper
Indicators of Fiscal Impulse for New Zealand (WP 02/30)
Working paper
Long-term Fiscal Projections and their Relationship with the Intertemporal Budget Constraint: An Application to New Zealand (WP 02/04)
Working paper
Macroeconomic Policy in New Zealand: From the Great Inflation to the Global Financial Crisis (WP 13/30)
Working paper
Modelling Shocks to New Zealand's Fiscal Position (WP 11/02)
Working paper
New Zealand's Fiscal Policy Framework: Experience and Evolution (WP 01/25)
Working paper
Population Ageing and the Efficiency of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 02/11)
Working paper
Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02)
Working paper
Sovereign Net Worth: An Analytical Framework (WP 99/03)
Working paper
Tax Smoothing and Expenditure Creep (WP 98/09)
Working paper
The Effects of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand: Evidence from a VAR Model with Debt Constraints (WP 13/02)
Working paper
Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders (TP11/02)
Treasury paper

Biodiversity

Sovereignty

Economic Integration, Sovereignty and Identity: New Zealand in the Global Economy (WP 00/22)
Working paper

Public administration

Adaptive Governance and Evolving Solutions to Natural Resource Conflicts (WP 07/03)
Working paper
Central Government Guidance and the Resource Management Act (PP 05/02)
Policy perspectives paper
Contemporary Microeconomic Foundations for the Structure and Management of the Public Sector (WP 12/01)
Working paper
Governance of Crown Financial Assets (WP 98/02)
Working paper
Institutions, Social Norms and Well-being (WP 02/12)
Working paper
Managing for Outcomes in the New Zealand Public Management System (WP 04/15)
Working paper
Outcomes Focussed Management in New Zealand - A Background Paper (WP 01/05)
Working paper
Returning to Surplus: New Zealand's Post-GFC Fiscal Consolidation Experience (WP 16/05)
Working paper
Review of Evidence on Broad Outcome of Public Sector Management Regime (WP 01/06)
Working paper
Striking a Balance: Centralised and Decentralised Decisions in Government (WP 02/15)
Working paper
Subsidiarity: Implications for New Zealand (WP 02/03)
Working paper

Innovation

Enterprise and Productivity: Harnessing Competitive Forces (TPRP 08/04)
Productivity paper
Innovation and Productivity: Using Bright Ideas to Work Smarter (TPRP 08/05)
Productivity paper

Unemployment

Estimating a New Zealand NAIRU (WP 04/10)
Working paper
Estimating New Zealand's Output Gap Using a Small Macro Model (WP 13/18)
Working paper
New Zealand Labour Market Dynamics: Pre- and Post-global Financial Crisis (WP 14/03)
Working paper

Internal migration

Internal Mobility in New Zealand (WP 01/04)
Working paper
Modelling Regional Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand (WP 02/01)
Working paper
Regional Labour market Adjustment and the Movements of People: A Review (WP 01/08)
Working paper

Regional development

Deprivation in New Zealand: Regional Patterns and Changes (WP 01/09)
Working paper
Economic Geography and Spatial Statistics: Theory and Empirics of New Zealand Regions (WP 00/11)
Working paper
Geography and the Inclusive Economy: A Regional Perspective (WP 01/17)
Working paper
Internal Mobility in New Zealand (WP 01/04)
Working paper
Modelling Regional Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand (WP 02/01)
Working paper
Regional Economic Performance in New Zealand: How Does Auckland Compare? (WP 05/08)
Working paper
Regional Labour market Adjustment and the Movements of People: A Review (WP 01/08)
Working paper

Social policy

An Analysis of Benefit Flows in New Zealand Using a Social Accounting Framework (WP 13/01)
Working paper
Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
KiwiSaver: Comparing Survey and Administrative Data (WP 14/06)
Working paper
New Zealand Households and the 2008/09 Recession (WP 13/05)
Working paper
Research Using Administrative Data to Support the Work of the Expert Panel on Modernising Child, Youth and Family (AP 16/03)
Analytical paper
Theories of the Family and Policy (WP 04/02)
Working paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Youth Who are at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults (AP 15/02)
Analytical paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Understand Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Young Adults (AP 15/01)
Analytical paper

Health

A Review of Options for Health and Disability Support Purchasing in New Zealand (WP 00/20)
Working paper
Allocating Vote: Health - 'Needs Assessment' and an Economics-Based Approach (WP 00/04)
Working paper
An Analysis of Benefit Flows in New Zealand Using a Social Accounting Framework (WP 13/01)
Working paper
Health and Labour Force Participation (WP 10/03)
Working paper
Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Health and Wealth (WP10/05)
Working paper
Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders (WP 10/02)
Working paper
Investigating Health Technology Diffusion in New Zealand - How Does it Spread and Who Stands to Gain? (WP 06/05)
Working paper
Management of Key Purchaser Risks in Devolved Purchase Arrangements in Health Care (WP 00/17)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditure (PP 05/01)
Policy perspectives paper
Population Ageing and Government Health Expenditures in New Zealand, 1951-2051 (WP 04/14)
Working paper
Poverty, Income Inequality and Health (WP 01/29)
Working paper
The Cost of Ill Health (WP 10/04)
Working paper
The Employment and Income Effects of Eight Chronic and Acute Health Conditions (WP 15/15)
Working paper
Use of Targets to Improve Health System Performance: English NHS Experience and Implications for New Zealand (WP 06/06)
Working paper

Crime

The Impact of Sentencing on Adult Offenders' Future Employment and Re-offending - Community Work Versus Fines (WP 15/04)
Working paper

Minimum wage

Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market (WP 04/03)
Working paper

Schools

The Economics of Education: Vouchers and Peer Group Effects (WP 98/05)
Working paper
The Structure and Dynamics of Schools and Business: Do they face similar issues? (WP 99/11)
Working paper

Greenhouse effect

Education

Industry

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions in New Zealand: A Minimum Disruption Approach (WP 04/25)
Working paper
Economy-Wide Impacts of Industry Policy (WP 12/05)
Working paper
Firm Dynamics in New Zealand: A Comparative Analysis with OECD Countries (WP 04/11)
Working paper
Growing Pains: New Zealand Qualitative Evidence on Hurdles to Exporting Growth (WP 02/10)
Working paper
Multi-Product Exporters and Product Turnover Behaviour of New Zealand Exporters (WP 09/01)
Working paper
Productivity in New Zealand 1988-2002 (WP 03/06)
Working paper
Returns to Scale, Technical Progress and Total Factor Productivity Growth in New Zealand Industries (WP 05/04)
Working paper
The Contributions from Firm Entry, Exit and Continuation to Labour Productivity Growth in New Zealand (WP 05/01)
Working paper
Toward a Model of Firm Productivity Dynamics (WP 06/11)
Working paper

Social security

Tertiary education

Econometrics

Geometric Return and Portfolio Analysis (WP 03/28)
Working paper

Foreign exchange

Export performance, invoice currency, and heterogeneous exchange rate pass-through (WP 13/03)
Working paper
New Zealand's Exchange Rate Cycles: Impacts and Policy (WP 11/01)
Working paper

Economic growth

Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Fiscal Policy, Growth and Convergence in Europe (WP 03/14)
Working paper
Government and economic growth: Does size matter? (TP11/01)
Treasury paper
How Does the Exchange Rate Affect the Real Economy? A Literature Survey (WP 13/26)
Working paper
Migration and Economic Growth: A 21st Century Perspective (WP 06/02)
Working paper
Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02)
Working paper
The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy (WP 08/03)
Working paper
Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders (TP11/02)
Treasury paper

Economic impact

Economy-Wide Impacts of Industry Policy (WP 12/05)
Working paper

Recreational facilities

Funding Recreational Opportunity Provision on the New Zealand Conservation Estate (PP 06/07)
Policy perspectives paper

Producer boards

Costs and Benefits of Producer Board Deregulation (WP 99/04)
Working paper

Socio economic status

Income and Occupational Intergenerational Mobility in New Zealand (WP 10/06)
Working paper

Competition (business)

Electricity Generation: Competition, Market Power and Investment (PP 06/04)
Policy perspectives paper
Enterprise and Productivity: Harnessing Competitive Forces (TPRP 08/04)
Productivity paper

Foreign aid

Three Steps Towards More Effective Development Assistance (WP 01/26)
Working paper

Women

Women's Retirement Incomes in New Zealand: A Household Bargaining Approach (WP 04/22)
Working paper

Disabilities

A Review of Options for Health and Disability Support Purchasing in New Zealand (WP 00/20)
Working paper

Econometric modelling

A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model of the New Zealand Economy (WP 02/07)
Working paper
An Econometric Analysis of a Production Function for New Zealand (WP 01/31)
Working paper
An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Determinants of the New Zealand Yield Curve: Domestic vs. Foreign Influences (WP 14/19)
Working paper
Economy-Wide Impacts of Industry Policy (WP 12/05)
Working paper
Geometric Return and Portfolio Analysis (WP 03/28)
Working paper
Research Using Administrative Data to Support the Work of the Expert Panel on Modernising Child, Youth and Family (AP 16/03)
Analytical paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Identify Youth Who are at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Adults (AP 15/02)
Analytical paper
Using Integrated Administrative Data to Understand Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes as Young Adults (AP 15/01)
Analytical paper

Developing countries

Three Steps Towards More Effective Development Assistance (WP 01/26)
Working paper

Venture capital

New Zealand's Venture Capital Market (WP 00/19)
Working paper

Animal diseases

Coughing Up for Bovine Tb Control (WP 00/24)
Working paper

Budget

Automatic Fiscal Stabilisers: Implications for New Zealand (WP 01/10)
Working paper
Automatic Fiscal Stablilisers (WP 99/07)
Working paper
Budget Management That Counts: Recent Approaches to Budget and Fiscal Management in New Zealand (WP 01/24)
Working paper
New Zealand's Fiscal Policy Framework: Experience and Evolution (WP 01/25)
Working paper
Returning to Surplus: New Zealand's Post-GFC Fiscal Consolidation Experience (WP 16/05)
Working paper

Accountancy

Institutions, Social Norms and Well-being (WP 02/12)
Working paper

Macroeconomics

A Comparison of the NZTM and FPS Models of the NZ Economy (WP 03/25)
Working paper
A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model of the New Zealand Economy (WP 02/07)
Working paper
An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Asymmetric Information, Financial Intermediation and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: A Critical Review (WP 03/19)
Working paper
Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Health and Retirement of Older New Zealanders (WP 12/02)
Working paper
Macroeconomic Policy in New Zealand: From the Great Inflation to the Global Financial Crisis (WP 13/30)
Working paper
Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02)
Working paper

International finance

A Gravity Model of Barriers to Trade in New Zealand (WP 14/05)
Working paper
Examining the Elasticity of New Zealand's Current Account to the Real Exchange Rate (WP 14/12)
Working paper
The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy (WP 08/03)
Working paper

Cost of living

Affordability of Housing: Concepts, Measurement and Evidence (WP 06/03)
Working paper

Pensions

Options to Narrow New Zealand's Saving - Investment Imbalance (WP 14/17)
Working paper
Pensions, Savings and Housing: A life-cycle Framework with Policy Simulations (WP 14/14)
Working paper

International agreements

Performance measurement

Public sector

Contemporary Microeconomic Foundations for the Structure and Management of the Public Sector (WP 12/01)
Working paper
Institutions, Social Norms and Well-being (WP 02/12)
Working paper
Managing for Outcomes in the New Zealand Public Management System (WP 04/15)
Working paper
Measurement of Public Sector Output and Productivity (PP 06/09)
Policy perspectives paper
Outcomes Focussed Management in New Zealand - A Background Paper (WP 01/05)
Working paper
Review of Evidence on Broad Outcome of Public Sector Management Regime (WP 01/06)
Working paper

Monetary policy

Maori

A conversation about the future with Dr Shaun Awatere
Case study
A conversation about the future with Professor Tahu Kukutai
Case study
A conversation about the future with Rangimarie Hunia
Case study
Education and Māori Relative Income Levels Over Time: The Mediating Effect of Occupation, Industry, Hours of Work and Locality (WP 02/17)
Working paper
Reducing Māori and Pacific Inequalities (WP 01/30)
Working paper

Government securities

Securitisation: A Public Policy Tool? (WP 00/08)
Working paper

Productivity

An Econometric Analysis of a Production Function for New Zealand (WP 01/31)
Working paper
Background paper: Labour productivity growth in the Treasury's fiscal projections
Background paper
Calm After the Storm? Supply-side Contributions to New Zealand's GDP Volatility Decline (WP 01/33)
Working paper
Capital Shallowness: A Problem for New Zealand? (WP 05/05)
Working paper
Changes in New Zealand's Production Structure: An Input Output Analysis (WP 03/01)
Working paper
Does Quality Matter in Labour Input? The Changing Pattern of Labour Composition in New Zealand (WP 08/01)
Working paper
Enterprise and Productivity: Harnessing Competitive Forces (TPRP 08/04)
Productivity paper
Examining New Zealand’s increased rate of income growth between the late 1990s and 2019 (AN 23/04)
Analytical note
Growing Pains: New Zealand Qualitative Evidence on Hurdles to Exporting Growth (WP 02/10)
Working paper
Innovation and Productivity: Using Bright Ideas to Work Smarter (TPRP 08/05)
Productivity paper
Institutions, Firms and Economic Growth (WP 04/19)
Working paper
International Connections and Productivity: Making Globalisation Work for New Zealand (TPRP 09/01)
Productivity paper
Investment, Productivity and the Cost of Capital: Understanding New Zealand's 'Capital Shallowness' (TPRP 08/03)
Productivity paper
Labour Force Participation and GDP in New Zealand (WP 04/07)
Working paper
Measurement of Public Sector Output and Productivity (PP 06/09)
Policy perspectives paper
Measures of Human Capital: A Review of the Literature (WP 05/10)
Working paper
Measuring New Zealand's Productivity (WP 99/05)
Working paper
New Zealand's Production Structure: An International Comparison (WP 03/16)
Working paper
New Zealand's Productivity Performance (TPRP 08/02)
Productivity paper
Productivity in New Zealand 1988-2002 (WP 03/06)
Working paper
Productivity Measurement: Alternative Approaches and Estimates (WP 03/12)
Working paper
Productivity, Capital-Intensity and Labour Quality at Sector Level in New Zealand and the UK (WP 07/01)
Working paper
Putting Productivity First (TPRP 08/01)
Productivity paper
Regional Economic Performance in New Zealand: How Does Auckland Compare? (WP 05/08)
Working paper
Returns to Scale, Technical Progress and Total Factor Productivity Growth in New Zealand Industries (WP 05/04)
Working paper
Taking on the West Island: How does New Zealand's labour productivity stack up? (TPRP 10/01)
Productivity paper
The Contributions from Firm Entry, Exit and Continuation to Labour Productivity Growth in New Zealand (WP 05/01)
Working paper
The Role of R&D in Productivity Growth: The Case of Agriculture in New Zealand: 1927 to 2001 (WP 06/01)
Working paper
Toward a Model of Firm Productivity Dynamics (WP 06/11)
Working paper
Working Smarter: Driving Productivity Growth Through Skills (TPRP 08/06)
Productivity paper
Workplace Skills, Technology Adoption and Firm Productivity: A Review (WP 04/16)
Working paper

Purchasing

Pay

Earnings and employment in foreign-owned firms (WP 14/16)
Working paper
Low Wage Jobs and Pathways to Better Outcomes (WP 02/29)
Working paper
Wage and Employment Rates in New Zealand from 1991 to 2001 (WP 03/13)
Working paper

Competition law

Competition Policy in Small Distant Open Economies: Some Lessons from the Economics Literature (WP 03/31)
Working paper
Economic Regulation of Network Industries (WP 00/05)
Working paper

Government

An Analysis of Benefit Flows in New Zealand Using a Social Accounting Framework (WP 13/01)
Working paper
Government and economic growth: Does size matter? (TP11/01)
Treasury paper
Returning to Surplus: New Zealand's Post-GFC Fiscal Consolidation Experience (WP 16/05)
Working paper
Roles of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 08/02)
Working paper
Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders (TP11/02)
Treasury paper

Risk management

A Theoretical Framework for Operational Risk Management and Opportunity Realisation (WP 00/10)
Working paper
Environmental Risk Management in New Zealand - Is There Scope to Apply a More Generic Framework? (PP 06/06)
Policy perspectives paper
Modelling Shocks to New Zealand's Fiscal Position (WP 11/02)
Working paper
Securitisation: A Public Policy Tool? (WP 00/08)
Working paper
Tax Policy with Uncertain Future Costs: Some Simple Models (WP 13/07)
Working paper

Social impact

Healthy, Wealthy and Wise? A Review of the Wider Benefits of Education (WP 04/04)
Working paper

Literacy

Adult literacy and economic growth (WP 04/24)
Working paper

Interindustry economics

Changes in New Zealand's Production Structure: An Input Output Analysis (WP 03/01)
Working paper
Inter Industry Linkages in New Zealand (WP 02/09)
Working paper
New Zealand's Production Structure: An International Comparison (WP 03/16)
Working paper

Economics

Private returns to tertiary education - How does New Zealand compare? (WP 13/10)
Working paper

Conditions of employment

Work and Family Balance: An Economic View (WP 03/26)
Working paper

Employment law

Work and Family Balance: An Economic View (WP 03/26)
Working paper

Technological change

Carbon dioxide

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions in New Zealand: A Minimum Disruption Approach (WP 04/25)
Working paper

Small businesses

An Analysis of a Cash Flow Tax for Small Business (WP 02/27)
Working paper

Insurance

Intergenerational contracts and time inconsistency: Implications for policy settings and governance in the social welfare system? (WP 13/25)
Working paper

Standard of living

Adult Equivalence Scales, Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand (WP 04/21)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand - Implications for Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving (WP 03/10)
Working paper
Population Ageing in New Zealand: The Impact on Living Standards and the Optimal Rate of Saving with a Flexible Real Exchange Rate (WP 03/34)
Working paper
Reducing Māori and Pacific Inequalities (WP 01/30)
Working paper
The Role of Value Judgements in Measuring Inequality (WP 14/13)
Working paper

Youth

Financial reporting

Budget Management That Counts: Recent Approaches to Budget and Fiscal Management in New Zealand (WP 01/24)
Working paper
New Zealand's Fiscal Policy Framework: Experience and Evolution (WP 01/25)
Working paper
Review of the KiwiSaver Fund Manager Market Dynamics and Allocation of Assets
Treasury paper
Sovereign Net Worth: An Analytical Framework (WP 99/03)
Working paper

Economic forecasting

A Comparison of the NZTM and FPS Models of the NZ Economy (WP 03/25)
Working paper
An Analysis of Tax Revenue Forecast Errors (WP 07/02)
Working paper
An Introduction to the New Zealand Treasury Model (WP 09/02)
Working paper
Background paper: Labour productivity growth in the Treasury's fiscal projections
Background paper
Can Population Projections be Used for Sensitivity Tests on Policy Models? (WP 03/07)
Working paper
Does Consumer Confidence Forecast Consumption Expenditure in New Zealand? (WP 03/22)
Working paper
Long-term Fiscal Projections and their Relationship with the Intertemporal Budget Constraint: An Application to New Zealand (WP 02/04)
Working paper
Manual for the Long Term Fiscal Model (WP 00/02)
Working paper
Modelling the Effect of Population Ageing on Government Social Expenditures (WP 03/15)
Working paper
Population Ageing and Social Expenditure in New Zealand: Stochastic Projections (WP 02/28)
Working paper
Reweighting the New Zealand Household Economic Survey for Tax Microsimulation Modelling (WP 03/33)
Working paper
Survey Reweighting for Tax Microsimulation Modelling (WP 03/17)
Working paper
Tales of Three Budgets: Changes in long-term fiscal projections through the GFC and beyond (WP 13/23)
Working paper
The Ageing of the New Zealand Population, 1881-2051 (WP 03/27)
Working paper
Treasury's Forecasting Performance: A Head-to-Head Comparison (WP 06/10)
Working paper

Poverty

Adult Equivalence Scales, Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand (WP 04/21)
Working paper
An Analysis of Benefit Flows in New Zealand Using a Social Accounting Framework (WP 13/01)
Working paper
Income Growth and Earnings Variations in New Zealand, 1998-2004 (WP 05/11)
Working paper
Poverty, Income Inequality and Health (WP 01/29)
Working paper

Economic indicators

How Many Jobs? A Leading Indicator Model of New Zealand Employment (WP 02/13)
Working paper

Assets

Governance of Crown Financial Assets (WP 98/02)
Working paper

Economic conditions

Economic Imbalances: New Zealand's Structural Challenge (WP 11/03)
Working paper

Alcohol

Consumption Externalities and the Role of Government: The Case of Alcohol (WP 02/25)
Working paper

Cost benefit analysis

Costs and Benefits of Producer Board Deregulation (WP 99/04)
Working paper
Securitisation: A Public Policy Tool? (WP 00/08)
Working paper

Households

Household Incomes in New Zealand: The impact of the Market, Taxes and Government Spending, 1987/88-1997/98 (WP 04/20)
Working paper
Household Saving Behaviour in New Zealand: A Cohort Analysis (WP 01/18)
Working paper
Household Saving Behaviour in New Zealand: Why do Cohorts Behave Differently? (WP 03/32)
Working paper
Household Savings: A Survey of Recent Microeconomic Theory and Evidence (WP 98/08)
Working paper
Housing Affordability in New Zealand: Evidence from Household Surveys (WP 13/14)
Working paper
KiwiSaver: An Initial Evaluation of the Impact on Retirement Saving (WP 11/04)
Working paper
Retirement Income Policy and National Savings (WP 13/28)
Working paper
The Effects on New Zealand Households of an Increase in the Petrol Excise Tax (WP 04/01)
Working paper

Skilled workers

Brain Drain or Brain Exchange? (WP 01/22)
Working paper
Go West, Young Man, Go West!? (WP 01/07)
Working paper
Human Capital and the Inclusive Economy (WP 01/16)
Working paper
Measures of Human Capital: A Review of the Literature (WP 05/10)
Working paper
Qualifications, Employment and the Value of Human Capital, 1986-2001 (WP 03/35)
Working paper
Working Smarter: Driving Productivity Growth Through Skills (TPRP 08/06)
Productivity paper
Workplace Skills, Technology Adoption and Firm Productivity: A Review (WP 04/16)
Working paper

Business cycles

A Structural VAR Model of the New Zealand Business Cycle (WP 02/26)
Working paper
An Empirical Investigation of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand (WP 06/08)
Working paper
Calm After the Storm? Supply-side Contributions to New Zealand's GDP Volatility Decline (WP 01/33)
Working paper
Growth and Volatility Regime Switching Models for New Zealand GDP Data (WP 02/08)
Working paper
The Effects of Fiscal Policy in New Zealand: Evidence from a VAR Model with Debt Constraints (WP 13/02)
Working paper
The Impact of Monetary Policy on New Zealand Business Cycles and Inflation Variability (WP 03/09)
Working paper

Financial institutions

Financial Systems and Economic Growth: An Evaluation Framework for Policy (WP 04/17)
Working paper

Investment

Investment, Productivity and the Cost of Capital: Understanding New Zealand's 'Capital Shallowness' (TPRP 08/03)
Productivity paper
Investor Protection and the New Zealand Stock Market (PP 07/02)
Policy perspectives paper
Measuring Saving Rates in New Zealand: An Update (WP 13/04)
Working paper
New Zealand Financial Markets, Saving and Investment (PP 07/01)
Policy perspectives paper
Options to Narrow New Zealand's Saving - Investment Imbalance (WP 14/17)
Working paper
Saving Rates and Portfolio Allocation in New Zealand (WP 99/09)
Working paper
The impact of tax changes on the short-run investment behaviour of New Zealand firms (WP 15/05)
Working paper

Emissions

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions in New Zealand: A Minimum Disruption Approach (WP 04/25)
Working paper

Economic geography

Economic Geography - Key Concepts (WP 00/12)
Working paper
Economic Geography and Spatial Statistics: Theory and Empirics of New Zealand Regions (WP 00/11)
Working paper
Geography and the Inclusive Economy: A Regional Perspective (WP 01/17)
Working paper

Geography

Geography, Trade and Growth Problems and Possibilities for the New Zealand Economy (WP 03/03)
Working paper

Ethnic groups

Ethnicity and Early Labour Market Experiences in the Christchurch Health and Development Study (WP 02/06)
Working paper

Migration

Brain Drain or Brain Exchange? (WP 01/22)
Working paper
Go West, Young Man, Go West!? (WP 01/07)
Working paper
Income and Occupational Intergenerational Mobility in New Zealand (WP 10/06)
Working paper
Migration and Economic Growth: A 21st Century Perspective (WP 06/02)
Working paper
New Zealand's Diaspora and Overseas-born Population (WP 04/13)
Working paper
Trade and Migration to New Zealand (WP 04/18)
Working paper

Exports

Employment

Capital Shallowness: A Problem for New Zealand? (WP 05/05)
Working paper
Ethnicity and Early Labour Market Experiences in the Christchurch Health and Development Study (WP 02/06)
Working paper
How Many Jobs? A Leading Indicator Model of New Zealand Employment (WP 02/13)
Working paper
Labour Supply Incentives in Alternative Tax and Transfer Schemes: A Diagrammatic Introduction (WP 03/08)
Working paper
Low Wage Jobs and Pathways to Better Outcomes (WP 02/29)
Working paper
Qualifications, Employment and the Value of Human Capital, 1986-2001 (WP 03/35)
Working paper
The Effects of Class Size on the Long-Run Growth in Reading Abilities and Early Adult Outcomes in the Christchurch Health and Development Study (WP 01/14)
Working paper
The Employment and Income Effects of Eight Chronic and Acute Health Conditions (WP 15/15)
Working paper
Wage and Employment Rates in New Zealand from 1991 to 2001 (WP 03/13)
Working paper
Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market (WP 04/03)
Working paper

Public deficit

Economic Imbalances: New Zealand's Structural Challenge (WP 11/03)
Working paper
Estimating New Zealand's Structural Budget Balance (WP 10/08)
Working paper
New Zealand's Current Account Deficit: Analysis Based on the Intertemporal Optimisation Approach (WP 01/02)
Working paper
The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy (WP 08/03)
Working paper

Housing

Globalisation

International Connections and Productivity: Making Globalisation Work for New Zealand (TPRP 09/01)
Productivity paper

Wealth

Health and Wealth (WP10/05)
Working paper
Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders (WP 10/02)
Working paper
Income Growth and Earnings Variations in New Zealand, 1998-2004 (WP 05/11)
Working paper
Saving Rates of New Zealanders: A Net Wealth Approach (WP 09/04)
Working paper

Resilience

A conversation about the future with Dr Shaun Awatere
Case study
A conversation about the future with Penehuro Lefale
Case study

Social capital

Justice, Wellbeing and Social Capital (DP 20/01)
Discussion paper

Wellbeing

A conversation about the future with Damon Salesa
Case study
A conversation about the future with Penehuro Lefale
Case study
A conversation about the future with Professor Tahu Kukutai
Case study
A conversation about the future with Rangimarie Hunia
Case study
Justice, Wellbeing and Social Capital (DP 20/01)
Discussion paper