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.
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.