Innovation and the performance of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2017 This paper looks at the impact of innovation on the performance of New Zealand firms. Results show that innovating firms grew more quickly than non-innovators but…
The impact of R&D grants on the performance of New Zealand firms Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2017 This paper presents the results from an evaluation of the impact of New Zealand Government R&D grants on the performance of New Zealand firms. The analysis…
Survey of Adult Skills: Adults' financial literacy activities Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2017 This is part of a series of in-depth reports from the Survey of Adult Skills. This report covers key findings on how often New Zealand adults…
Living Standards Research Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2017 The Living Standards research is an ongoing research programme that aims to develop a comprehensive description of the living standards of New Zealanders using non-income measures…
Public sector productivity: Quality adjusting sector-level data on New Zealand schools Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 Statistics New Zealand has estimated that since 1996 increases in outputs of the public sector have largely been associated with increasing labour inputs. In the education…
Social sector productivity: a task perspective Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This research note adopts a public management framework to explore the complexity and challenges of introducing productivity measurement in the social sector. The framework draws on…
Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2017 The research report Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand (led by Professor Gail Pacheco from AUT) tells us about the factors behind…
Effect of motherhood on pay Last Publication Date: 28 Feb 2017 Effect of motherhood on pay – methodology and full results presents the methodology and analysis we used in our investigation of a ‘motherhood penalty’ in New Zealand.…
Off-benefit transitions Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2017 The research looked at 140,000 people who moved off a benefit from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. This period was chosen because it allowed…
