Understanding the productivity of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2015 This Cut to the Chase highlights three recent papers that use firm-level data to understand better the productivity of New Zealand firms: "Firm productivity growth and…
Measuring the innovative activity of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015 International comparisons suggest that, although the New Zealand public sector invests considerable resources into scientific research, New Zealand firms are not particularly effective at generating applied…
Inquires: Using land for housing Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015 In recent years, New Zealand’s population has grown at one of the fastest rates in the OECD. Most of this growth has been concentrated in cities,…
The impact of R&D subsidy on innovation: a study of New Zealand firms (Working paper) Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015 This paper examines the impact of government assistance through R&D grants on innovation output for firms in New Zealand. Using a large database that links administrative…
Do New Zealand firms catch up to the domestic productivity frontier? Working Paper Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2015 New Zealand has a poor productivity track record at the level of the aggregate economy and there is little evidence of productivity “catching up” towards that…
Firm dynamics and job creation in New Zealand: A perpetual motion machine Last Publication Date: 01 May 2015 This paper uses a cohort approach to examine firm dynamics and employment growth in New Zealand. Consistent with overseas evidence, we find a large degree of…
New Zealand’s productivity growth: Component and industry decompositions Last Publication Date: 01 May 2015 This note applies Diewert (2014a)’s productivity growth decomposition method to New Zealand data. This approach decomposes aggregate labour productivity growth into: industry labour productivity growth, changes…
Inquires: More effective social services Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2015 The Commission has been asked to look at ways to improve how government agencies commission and purchase social services. This will include how agencies identify the…
Who benefits from productivity growth? The labour income share in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2015 There is international interest in changes in the labour income share. In part, this reflects concerns that in a number of countries, real wage growth has…
Reform of the UK’s decumulation market Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2014 This research note focusses on the operation and role of the decumulation market in the context of an ageing population. This market includes financial products and…
