The related working paper and research notes informed the New Zealand Productivity Commission's inquiry into improving and measuring state sector productivity. They cover:
- constructing quality adjusted productivity indices for the tertiary education sector. Proposing a number of methods for making quality adjustments to measures of labour and multifactor productivity and applies those to the public tertiary sector in New Zealand over 2000-15. Quality-adjusted productivity measures for teaching across the tertiary sector as a whole are produced as well as measures of research productivity for universities.
- steps agencies can take to increase the use of productivity indicators in decision-making. The steps include involving staff in the development of productivity indicators; fostering a culture that values performance improvement and problem solving; and establishing a supportive institutional environment.
- Using data on hospital inpatients to show that discharges are ageing and day patients are accounting for a growing share of hospital activity.
Main report:
https://thehub.swa.govt.nz/sitemap/state-sector-productivity/