Inflation and migration: Theory, evidence and implications for the Monetary Policy Committee
March 20, 2024
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand engaged NZIER to undertake a targeted literature review on the relationship between inflation and migration and the implications for monetary policy. Read more
Let it go: Devolving power and resources to improve lives - NZIER working paper 2023/02
December 14, 2023
Ki te kotahi te kakaho ka whati, Ki te kapuia e kore e whati: The case for more devolved social services in Te Tairāwhiti
January 18, 2023
We have known for decades that many people in Aotearoa New Zealand experience persistent disadvantage. Addressing disadvantage should be a priority for the government: to improve the lives of the people affected, meet its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and lay the foundations … Read more
The tale of Goldilocks and the three fears (about the minimum wage) - Insight 96
October 6, 2021
The minimum wage is a ‘Goldilocks’ policy: not too high, not too low. A political consensus on the role and appropriate level of the minimum wage is both possible and desirable. Read more
Manaakitanga in the age of COVID
August 5, 2021
Thousands of short-term migrants are trapped in New Zealand due to COVID-19. A series of ad hoc extensions to their visas have allowed them to stay. The Government should apply principles of manaakitanga – hospitality, kindness, generosity, support – and issue these people with a one- … Read more
Picking cherries: Evidence on the effects of temporary and seasonal migrants on the New Zealand economy
April 20, 2021
A report for the New Zealand Productivity Commission. Read more
Could do better : Migration and New Zealand's frontier firms
November 30, 2020
A report for the New Zealand Productivity Commission. Read more
Migration after COVID-19 - NZIER Insight 89
July 7, 2020
New Zealand has put up a 'no entry' sign. As well as stopping international tourism; we have turned off historically high rates of inward economic migration, forgoing what has been at best a small positive impact on GDP per capita. New Zealand closed the border in response to Covid-19 … Read more
NZ's cannabis referendum 2020: Some facts and recommendations about the process of cannabis legalisation
April 30, 2020
A referendum this year will ask the public whether they support legalising the use of cannabis, accompanied by regulation, education and taxation. We recommended a similar approach in 2016, after concluding that prohibition of cannabis in New Zealand has been an expensive and failed a … Read more
Location, location, location : The value of having a port in the neighbourhood
December 11, 2019
Ports of Auckland (POAL) has asked NZIER to estimate its economic impact. On average, POAL contributed $100 million per annum to its owners and $158 million per annum directly to the Auckland economy over the last five financial years. That Auckland is served by a port located in the … Read more