David Mare
Senior Fellow
Dave has been a Senior Fellow at Motu since 2000. Prior to that, he was a researcher at the New Zealand Department of Labour. Dave gained his PhD in Economics at Harvard University in 1995, specialising in Labour Economics and Urban Economics. His current research interests include the economics of immigration, the economic performance of cities, and patterns of labour market adjustment - for individuals and in aggregate.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending most of his time with wife Lyn and gorgeous daughter Alaigne
Curriculum Vitae (PDF 125KB)
Publications
Maré, David C. 2003. "Ideas for Growth?" Motu Working Paper 03-19.
Dixon, Sylvia and David C. Maré. 2005. "Changes in the Maori Income Distribution: Evidence from the Population Census," Motu Working Paper 05-06.
Maré, David C. and Jason Timmins. 2003. "Moving to Jobs," Motu Working Paper 03-07.
Hyslop, Dean and David C. Maré. 2003. "Understanding New Zealand’s Changing Income Distribution 1983-98: A Semiparametric Analysis," Motu Working Paper 03-16.
Sin, Isabelle and David C. Maré. 2004. "Maori Incomes: Investigating Differences Between Iwi," Motu Working Paper 04-06.
Ballantyne, Suzie; Simon Chapple, David C. Maré and Jason Timmins. 2003. "Movements Into and Out of Child Poverty in New Zealand: Results From The Linked Income Supplement," Motu Working Paper 03-13.
Maré, David C. 2005. "Indirect Effects of Active Labour Market Policies," Motu Working Paper 05-01.
Dixon, Sylvia and David C. Maré. 2004. "Understanding Changes in Maori Incomes and Income Inequality 1997-2003," Motu Working Paper 04-12.
Maré, David C. and Jason Timmins. 2006. "Geographic Concentration and Firm Productivity," Motu Working Paper 06-08.
Chapple, Simon and David C. Maré. 2000. "Literacy Formation and Its Influence on Earnings and Jobs," unpublished paper for New Zealand Department of Labour (March).
- Grimes, Arthur; David C. Maré and Melanie Morten. 2006. "Defining Areas: Linking Geographic Data in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 06-07.
Kerr, Suzi and David C. Maré. 1998. "Transaction Costs and Tradable Permit Markets: The United States Lead Phasedown," Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Draft Manuscript.
- Poland, Michelle and David C. Maré. 2005. "Defining Geographic Communities," Motu Working Paper 05-09.
Maré, David C. and Wai Kin Choy. 2001. "Regional Labour Market Adjustment and the Movements of People: A Review," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 01-08.
Glaeser, Edward and David C. Maré. 2001. "Cities and Skills," Journal of Labor Economics, 19:2, pp. 316-42.
- Maré, David C. 2005. "Concentration, Specialisation and Agglomeration of firms in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 05-12.
Maré, David C.; Steven Stillman and Melanie Morten. 2007. "Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 07-11.
Maré, David C. and Yun Liang. 2006. "Labour Market Outcomes for Young Graduates: Part A: Main Report and Part B: Field of Study Profiles," Motu Working Paper 06-06.
Kerr, Suzi; David C. Maré, William Power and Jason Timmins. 2001. "Internal Mobility in New Zealand," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 04/1.
Maré, David. C. and Jason Timmins. 2000. "Internal Migration and Regional Adjustment: Some Preliminary Issues" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2000, P. Morrison, Ed. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
Coleman, Andrew; Sylvia Dixon and David C. Maré. 2005. "Maori Economic Development - Glimpses from Statistical Sources," Motu Working Paper 05-13.
Stillman, Steven and David C. Maré. 2007. "The Impact of Immigration on the Geographic Mobility of New Zealanders," Motu Working Paper 07-05.
Chapple, Simon; David C. Maré, Suzie Carson and Jason Timmins. 2001 "Child and Adult Annual Poverty Transitions in New Zealand," paper presented at the NZAE Conference, Christchurch, June 2001.
Grimes, Arthur; David C Maré and Melanie Morten. 2007. "Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets," Motu Working Paper 07-10.
Maré, David C. 2004. "Geographic Concentration of New Zealand Employment" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2004, S. Blumenfeld and P. Morrison, Eds. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
Maré, David. C. 2004. "Concentration, Specialisation and Agglomeration of Firms in New Zealand," paper presented to the NZAE Conference, Wellington, July, 2004.
Hyslop, Dean and David C. Maré. 2001. "Understanding Changes in the Distribution of Household Incomes in New Zealand between 1983-86 and 1995-98," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 01/21.
- Maré, David C.; Peter Mawson and Jason Timmins. 2001. "Deprivation in New Zealand: Regional patterns and changes," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 01/09.
Choy, Wai Kin; David C. Maré and Peter Mawson. 2002. "Modelling Regional Labour Market Adjustment in New Zealand," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 02/01 (March).
Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2006. "Worker-Firm Heterogeneity and Matching: An Analysis Using Worker and Firm Fixed Effects Estimated From LEED," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.
Hyslop, Dean; David C. Maré and Jason Timmins. 2003. "Qualifications, Employment and the Value of Human Capital, 1986-2001," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 03/35.
Slack, Adrian; Jackie Cumming, David C. Maré and Jason Timmins. 2002. "Variations in Secondary Care Utilisation and Geographic Access: Initial Analysis of 1996 Data," HSRC Discussion Paper No. 7, Health Services Research Centre and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2007. "Job Employment Intensity, Matching, and Earnings 1999-2005," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.
Dixon, Sylvia and David C. Maré. 2004. "Understanding Changes in the Distribution of Maori Incomes 1997-2003," paper presented to the NZAE Conference, Wellington, July, 2004.
Ballantyne, Suzie; Simon Chapple, David C. Maré and Jason Timmins. 2004 "Triggering Movements Into and Out of Child Poverty: A Comparative Study of New Zealand, Britain and West Germany," Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 22(July 2004), pp. 83-96.
Timmins, Jason and David C. Maré. 2003. "Moving to Jobs? Regional Employment Growth and Internal Migration 1986-2000," Public Sector, 26:1, pp. 16-18. Earlier version published as Motu Working paper 03-07.
Maré, David C. 2001. "The Impact of Labour Regulation in New Zealand: Designing Empirical Tests," Manuscript (May).
Carroll, Nick; Dean Hyslop, David C. Maré, Jason Timmins and Julian Wood. 2002. "An Analysis of New Zealand's Business Demography Database," New Zealand Economic Papers, 36:1, pp. 59-62.
- Maré, David C. and Wai Kin Choy. 2000. "Regional Labour Market Adjustment and the Movements of People" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2000, P. Morrison, Ed. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
- Karagedikli, Ozer; David C. Maré and Jacques Poot. 2001. "Disparities and Despair: Changes in Regional Income Distributions in New Zealand 1981-96," Australasian Journal of Regional Studies, 6:3, pp. 323-47.
- Karagedikli, Özer; David C. Maré and Jacques Poot. 2003. "Description and Analysis of Changes in New Zealand Regional Income Distributions, 1981-1996" in The State, Economic Development and Ethnic Co-existence in Malaysia and New Zealand CEDR, E. Gomez and R. Stephens, Eds. Kuala Lumpar: University of Malaya.
Maré, David C. and Kerry Papps. 2002. "The Effects of Occupational Safety and Health Interventions," Labour Market Bulletin 2000-2002 Special Issue, pp. 101-131.
Maré, David C. 2000. "What Works for Whom? The Effectiveness of Different Employment Programmes" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2000, P. Morrison, Ed. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
Maré, David C. 2002. "The Impact of Employment Policy Interventions," Labour Market Bulletin 2000-2002 Special Issue, pp. 57-100.
Maré, David C. and Jason Timmins 2004. "Local Job Flows in New Zealand" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2004, S. Blumenfeld and P. Morrison, Eds. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
Hyslop, Dean and David C. Maré. 2005. "Understanding New Zealand's Changing Income Distribution 1983-98: A Semiparametric Analysis," Economica, 72:3, pp. 469-96.
- Maré, David C. 2008. "Labour Productivity in Auckland Firms," MED Occasional Paper 08/09, Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2008. "Cyclical Earnings Variation and the Composition of Employment," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
Maré, David C.; Melanie Morten, and Steven Stillman. 2007. "Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand," New Zealand Economic Papers, 41:2, pp. 163-196.
Stillman, Steven and David C. Maré. 2008. "Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 08-06
Maré, David C. 2004. "What Do Endogenous Growth Models Contribute?" Motu Working Paper 04-04.
Hyslop, Dean; David C. Maré, Steven Stillman and Jason Timmins. 2008. "An Analysis of Teenage Employment by Firms: 1999/00-2006/07," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
Maré, David C. 2008. "Labour Productivity in Auckland Firms," Motu Working Paper 08-12.
Maré, David C. and Daniel J. Graham. 2009. "Agglomeration Elasticities in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 09-06.
David C. Maré. 2009. “Productivity in Auckland firms: there’s something about the city,” Auckland Public Policy Seminar, July.
Stillman, Steven and David C. Maré. 2009. "The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 09-10.
David C. Maré and Steven Stillman. 2009. "The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders," Motu Working Paper 09-11.
Maré, David C. 2009. "Labour productivity in Auckland firms: There’s something about the city," Motu Public Policy Seminar, October.
Grimes, Arthur, David C. Maré and Melanie Morten. 2009. "Defining areas and linking geographical data: an example from New Zealand," Population, Space and Place, 16:2, 165-170.
Hyslop, Dean and David C. Maré. 2009. "Skill Upgrading in New Zealand, 1986-2001," Australian Economic Review, 42:4, pp. 422-434.
Maré, David C. and Steven Stillman. 2010. "Passing it on: The intergenerational transmission of human capital in New Zealand families," Families Commission Research Fund report, Families Commissions, Wellington.
Stillman, S & Maré, D C (2010) “The Impact of Immigration on the Geographic Mobility of New Zealanders” Economic Record Published online http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/psp.541 (Feb 9 2010).
Maré, D C & Graham, D J (2010) “Agglomeration elasticities and firm heterogeneity” SERC Discussion Paper 43, London School of Economics, London (January).
Maré D C, and Hyslop, D (2009) “Worker mobility and wage dynamics” LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand (April).
Stillman, Steven and David C. Maré. 2009. “Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants in New Zealand” in Philip S. Morrison (ed.) Proceedings of the 2008 Joint Labour, Employment and Work and Australian Labour Market Research Workshop Conference. Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington: 133-46.