Exogenous versus endogenous rates of return: The user cost of capital in Statistics New Zealand's multifactor productivity measures (Stats NZ WP 10-03) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 In 2003, Statistics New Zealand received funding under the Government’s growth and innovation framework (GIF) to develop official productivity measures for the New Zealand economy. In…
Chasing shadows – Comparing sex ratios in census, estimated resident, and Linked Employer-Employee data populations (Stats NZ WP 10-02) Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Changes in sex ratios observed in census and population estimates have drawn the attention of demographers and media in recent years and are articulated in the…
Ageing and violent crime in New Zealand (Stats NZ WP 10-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 In this paper we answer three questions about demographic change and violent crime in New Zealand: How has the age-sex profile of violent offending been changing?…
Household spending on culture 2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2010 New Zealand households spent a total of $2.84 billion on cultural goods and services, an average of $34.70 a week per household in the year ended…
Annual measures of job creation and destruction in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 Job creation and destruction statistics at the aggregate level reflect the net result of the thousands of businesses in the New Zealand economy changing their specific…
Sole parenting in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The Ministry of Social Development led a cross-agency and cross-sector research programme that looked at changes in the rate of sole parenthood, sole parent employment and…
Education and Pacific People In New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2010 The second report in the Pacific Progress series, Education and Pacific peoples in New Zealandlooks at Pacific peoples’ experience of the education system and the most important…
Cultural organisations : giving and sponsorship research report Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2010 The goal of this survey is to provide a better picture of private giving and sponsorship. During March-April 2009 we surveyed cultural organisations on the income…
Report on Te Papa's outreach support for other museums Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 In 2009 the Ministry reviewed aspects of the work Te Papa does to support other New Zealand museums and art galleries. Phase I gathered information about…
Optimised geographies for data reporting: Zone design tools for census output geographies (Stats NZ WP 09-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 This paper explores methods that might be used to construct new geographies for data reporting that are in some sense optimised. The objective of the paper…
