Alex Olssen
Research Analyst
Alex returned to Motu as a Research Analyst in 2011. He works with Suzi Kerr in the environment team.
Alex came to Motu for the summer of 2009-2010 to work as an intern with Steven Stillman on home ownership and well-being. He completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at Victoria University of Wellington. After his internship at Motu, Alex went to do his honours year in Economics at Australian National University before returning as an RA.
Curriculum Vitae (70 KB).
Publications
Olssen, Alex; Hugh McDonald; Arthur Grimes and Steven Stillman. 2010. "A State Housing Database: 1993-2009," Motu Working Paper 10-13, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
Olssen, Alex. "The Short-Run Effects of Age Based Youth Minimum Wages in Australia: A Regression Discontinuity Approach," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011. Available online from http://www.nzae.org.nz/conferences/2011/programme.html.
- Olssen, Alex. 2011. "The Short Run Effect of Age Based Youth Minimum Wages in Australia: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (Slides)," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Olssen, Alex, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Modelling Land Use in Rural New Zealand," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
Kerr, Suzi, and Alex Olssen. 2012. "Gradual Land-use Change in New Zealand: Results from a Dynamic Econometric Model", Motu Working Paper 12-06, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
Olssen, Alex, Wei Zhang, David Evison, and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "A Forest-Profit Expectations Dataset for New Zealand, 1990–2008," Motu Working Paper 12-07, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
Olssen, Alex. 2011. "The Clean Streams Accord: Cooperation in Agriculture," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 August 2011.
Kerr, Suzi, Simon Anastasiadis, Alex Olssen, William Power, Levente Tímár and Wei Zhang. 2012. "Spatial and Temporal Responses to an Emissions Trading System Covering Agriculture and Forestry: Simulation Results from New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 12-10, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
Kerr, Suzi, Simon Anastasiadis, Alex Olssen, William Power, Levente Tímár and Wei Zhang. 2012. "Spatial and Temporal Responses to an Emissions Trading System Covering Agriculture and Forestry: Simulation Results from New Zealand," Forests 3:4, pp. 1133–56.