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…
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…
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…
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…
Inquiry Report: Ministry for Primary Industries: Managing the Primary Growth Partnership Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2015 During consultation on our draft 2013/14 work programme, the Primary Production Committee asked us to consider looking at the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP). In particular, the…
Business participation in government assistance programmes Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2015 Business participation in government assistance programmes presents descriptive statistics on the businesses that participate in different types of government assistance programmes (GAP), including their size, industry, and…
Mental Health Services Productivity Improvement: Best Practice Review Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2014 This report was commissioned to focus on improving the productivity of adult community mental health services by identifying successful strategies for achieving productivity, including overseas and…
Structural change and New Zealand’s productivity performance Last Publication Date: 05 Jun 2014 Shift-share analysis decomposes aggregate labour productivity growth into a contribution from within-industry productivity growth and a contribution from employment movements across industries with differing labour productivity…
Trade over distance for New Zealand firms: measurement and implications Last Publication Date: 05 Jun 2014 This paper investigates the proximity of firms to their customers to assess the extent to which different industries trade their output over distance within New Zealand.…
