Isabelle (Izi) Sin
Fellow
Isabelle Sin worked at Motu as a Research Analyst from November 2003 to July 2005 and she has now returned in January 2012 as a Fellow, having completed her PhD in Economics at Stanford University in California.
Isabelle graduated in 2011 from the University of Canterbury in 2002 with an honours degree in economics. After a year working as an analyst at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, she joined Motu for two years as a Research Analyst. She left Motu to pursue a Ph.D. in economics at Stanford. Her research interests include applied microeconomics, economic history, the economics of book translations, and the economics of knowledge and information.
You can read Izi’s dissertation for her PhD here.
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Publications
Sin, Isabelle; Emma Brunton, Joanna Hendy and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "The Likely Regional Impacts of an Agricultural Emissions Policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis," Motu Working Paper 05-08.
- Sin, Isabelle and Steven Stillman. 2005. "The Geographical Mobility of Maori in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 05-05.
Sin, Isabelle and David C. Maré. 2004. "Maori Incomes: Investigating Differences Between Iwi," Motu Working Paper 04-06.
Kerr, Suzi; Isabelle Sin and Joanna Hendy. 2005. "Taxes vs permits: Options for price-based climate change regulation," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 05/02.