Yun Liang
Research Analyst
Yun has a Master of Management Studies, with first Class Honours The University of Waikato, Waikato management school. She also has a MSc in Statistics from Victoria University of Wellington, a BSc in Mathematics from Shanghai Normal University China, and a graduate diploma in Economics from VUW. Yun graduated in 2004 and started working at Motu in February 2005. In 2011 she was awarded the Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence from the University of Waikato. Above all, she is interested in analysing data and using the results to interpret different aspects of our daily life.
Research Areas
Publications
- Grimes, Arthur and Yun Liang. 2007. "Spatial Determinants of Land Prices in Auckland: Does the Metropolitan Urban Limit Have an Effect," Motu Working Paper 07-09.
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.
- Grimes, Arthur and Yun Liang. 2007. "An Auckland Land Value Annual Database," Motu Working Paper 07-04.
Kerr, Suzi; Joanna Hendy, Kelly Lock and Yun Liang. 2007. "Estimating the Drivers of Rural Land Use Change in New Zealand," Paper prepared for the AARES Conference, February 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand.
- Grimes, Arthur and Yun Liang. 2008. "Bridge to Somewhere: The Value of Auckland's Northern Motorway Extensions," Motu Working Paper 08-07.
Grimes, Arthur & Yun Liang. 2010. "Spatial Determinants of Land Prices: Does Auckland's Metropolitan Urban Limit Have an Effect?", Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 2:1, pp. 23-45.
- Cumming, Jackie, Steven Stillman, Yun Liang, Michelle Poland and Grant Hannis. 2010. "The Determinants of GP Visits in New Zealand," Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 34:5, pp. 451-7.