3 blog posts found
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The measurement of New Zealand's productivity and capital
Posted: 14 Aug 2018Topic: Capital, Economic growth, Households, Human capital, International investment, Living standards framework, Natural capital, Performance measurement, Physical/financial capital, Productivity, Social capital, Standard of living, Statistics, Technological changeAuthor:"The magic bus meets the little yellow digger" – reflections on the measurement of New Zealand's productivity and capital Back in 1996 I wrote an internal paper on New Zealand's productivity... -
MEI Special Topic: Adjusting for level shifts in labour market data
Posted: 30 Aug 2017Topic: Employment, Households, Labour force, Productivity, Statistics, Time series models, UnemploymentThis Special Topic uses estimates to re-estimate recent trends in employment growth, hours worked and labour productivity (GDP per hour worked). Statistics New Zealand updated the design of the... -
Why high income households get benefits
Posted: 23 Nov 2016Topic: Demographic change, Econometric modelling, Education, Employment, Households, Income, Older people, Pensions, Qualifications, Retirement, Social security, StatisticsAuthor:Today's Staff Insights article presents selected demographic statistics for New Zealand by income quintile for the 2014/15 tax year. The article discusses the data, how to interpret it and some...