Where do the costs and benefits of infrastructure projects fall? NZIER Insight 121
April 3, 2025
NZIER's latest Insight calls for the short-term disruption impacts on local businesses and communities to be incorporated into infrastructure decision-making. The City Rail Link experience and international studies suggest that disruption impacts are non-trivial and can be prolonged t … Read more
How could generative AI transform our economy? Part 2: Future developments and policy responses - NZIER Insight 120
December 12, 2024
Generative AI is set to have profound effects on the global economy. But what does it mean for New Zealand? Read more
How could generative AI transform our economy? Part 1: Economic theories and emerging evidence - NZIER Insight 119
December 5, 2024
With the rapid spread of ChatGPT over the past two years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. Read more
Policy changes to support indigenous forests - NZIER Insight 118
December 3, 2024
Indigenous forests in New Zealand could get a boost with a few changes to government policy. New work by NZIER describes the challenges that indigenous forests face from market forces and government decisions. Read more
Accelerating business investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation - NZIER Insight 117
November 22, 2024
Accelerating public and private investment in climate change mitigation and adaptation is key to future macroeconomic and business outcomes. Read more
The good, the bad, and the ugly: A decisive election for trade, or is the writing already on the wall? NZIER Insight 116
October 24, 2024
The United States elections are upon us, and uncertainty prevails. The only thing certain, it seems, is the continuation of tariffs and more tariffs. None of this is good for the United States economy or the world economy since they act as a drag on all economies. Still, United States … Read more
Five priorities to put the health system back on track - NZIER Insight 115
October 10, 2024
After years of denial that a crisis was unfolding, the moment of truth has well and truly arrived. In this NZIER Insight, we propose five priorities to get the system back on track and heading in the right direction. Read more
A price on time: Rethinking the public sector discount rate - NZIER Insight 114
September 12, 2024
The public sector discount rate plays a key role in cost-benefit analysis and government decision making. This Insight is aimed at public sector workers who would like to gain a deeper understanding of the discount rate. It provides an overview of the discount rate, including how it i … Read more
Fit for purpose: Teachers’ own learning experiences and lessons about standardisation from the health sector - NZIER Insight 112
May 23, 2024
In this Insight, we analyse anonymised NCEA data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance in maths and science. Our results show that one in four new primary teachers failed … Read more