http://motu.dev.catchdesign.co.nz/index.php en emma.jellicoe@motu.org.nz Copyright 2010 2010-09-08T01:54:05+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/new_zealand_housing_markets_just_a_bit-player_in_the_a-league/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/new_zealand_housing_markets_just_a_bit-player_in_the_a-league/#When:00:54:05Z Publications 2010-09-08T00:54:05+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/wealth_and_saving/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/wealth_and_saving/#When:22:06:10Z Publications 2010-09-07T22:06:10+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/two_cultures_fifty_years_on/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/two_cultures_fifty_years_on/#When:21:59:09Z Events 2010-09-06T21:59:09+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/the_innovation_agenda/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/the_innovation_agenda/#When:01:02:34Z Events 2010-09-01T01:02:34+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/general_equilibrium_analysis_of_co2_mitigation_options/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/general_equilibrium_analysis_of_co2_mitigation_options/#When:04:32:13Z Events 2010-08-30T04:32:13+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/suzi_kerr_awarded_prestigious_nzier_economics_award/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/suzi_kerr_awarded_prestigious_nzier_economics_award/#When:03:47:39Z The annual NZIER award recognises an economist’s outstanding contribution to economic issues of direct relevance to New Zealand.Motu is delighted to announce that Suzi Kerr is the 2010 recipient of the prestigious NZIER Economics Award.The award recognises Suzi’s outstanding long term contribution to economic issues of direct relevance to New Zealand.Suzi’s work on environmental economics focuses on the use and design of market-based instruments to address environmental goals. Her topics of research, advice, and teaching include climate change mitigation, land use change, deforestation, the management of water quality, and fisheries management. An NZIER media release stated that Suzi’s research “has been characterised by an openness of mind, and a willingness to respect, consider, analyse, incorporate, adopt or reject, and disseminate, the ideas and concerns of a broad range of researchers, decision-makers and affected persons.”Suzi is the second Motu senior fellow to receive this NZIER award.  Arthur Grimes received the award in 2005.Congratulations to Suzi from everyone at Motu.Visit the NZIER website to learn more about the award.You can find information on Suzi’s work on our environmental regulation web page.  News/Media 2010-08-27T03:47:39+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/andrew_coleman_appointed_to_savings_working_group/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/andrew_coleman_appointed_to_savings_working_group/#When:02:57:18Z The working group will discuss ways to improve New Zealand’s national savings record.We are pleased to announce that Andrew Coleman has been appointed to the independent Savings Working Group organised by the Government.The working group will discuss ways to improve New Zealand’s national savings record. They will develop a practical menu of options for ministers by January 2011, will consider all areas of importance to national savings, including fiscal policy, taxation, and Kiwisaver.The Savings Working Group will be chaired by company director and consultant Kerry McDonald. Other Working Group members are:Dr Craig Ansley - Capital Markets Research director.Dr Andrew Coleman - Motu Economic and Public Policy Research senior fellow.Mary Holm - financial columnist, Auckland University senior lecturer.Dr John McDermott - Reserve Bank assistant governor.Paul Mersi - PricewaterhouseCoopers partner.Stephen Toplis - Bank of New Zealand head of research.The Working Group will be supported by Treasury, which will then publish a discussion paper setting out savings and investment issues and trends. See the Beehive website for a recent media release about the Savings Working Group. News/Media 2010-08-27T02:57:18+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/spatial_determinants/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/spatial_determinants/#When:21:58:00Z Publications 2010-08-25T21:58:00+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/capital_intensity_and_welfare/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/capital_intensity_and_welfare/#When:21:46:53Z Publications 2010-08-25T21:46:53+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/housing_supply/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/housing_supply/#When:21:19:37Z Publications 2010-08-25T21:19:37+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/productivity_questions/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/productivity_questions/#When:21:04:53Z Publications 2010-08-25T21:04:53+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/impacts_of_land_and_property_taxes/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/impacts_of_land_and_property_taxes/#When:19:45:26Z Publications 2010-08-25T19:45:26+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/cost_effective_nutrient_trading/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/cost_effective_nutrient_trading/#When:00:14:05Z Publications 2010-08-25T00:14:05+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/emissions_trading_for_forestry_and_agriculture/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/emissions_trading_for_forestry_and_agriculture/#When:00:08:15Z Publications 2010-08-25T00:08:15+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/global_policies/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/global_policies/#When:21:22:47Z Publications 2010-08-24T21:22:47+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/auctioning_greenhouse_gas_emissions/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/auctioning_greenhouse_gas_emissions/#When:20:35:13Z Publications 2010-08-24T20:35:13+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/impact_of_firm_closure/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/impact_of_firm_closure/#When:02:09:14Z Publications 2010-08-23T02:09:14+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/accounting_for_selectivity/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/accounting_for_selectivity/#When:01:48:36Z Publications 2010-08-23T01:48:36+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/selectivity/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/selectivity/#When:01:29:22Z Publications 2010-08-23T01:29:22+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/changes_in_the_distribution_of_wealth/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/changes_in_the_distribution_of_wealth/#When:01:18:50Z Publications 2010-08-23T01:18:50+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/homeownership_social_capital/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/homeownership_social_capital/#When:01:13:30Z Publications 2010-08-23T01:13:30+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/longitudinal_evidence_on_the_impact_of_crime/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/longitudinal_evidence_on_the_impact_of_crime/#When:21:50:06Z Publications 2010-08-22T21:50:06+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/natural_experiment_evidence/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/natural_experiment_evidence/#When:21:38:30Z Publications 2010-08-22T21:38:30+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/over-_optimistic_expectations_about_incomes_abroad/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/over-_optimistic_expectations_about_incomes_abroad/#When:21:15:43Z Publications 2010-08-22T21:15:43+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/labour_market_outcomes_for_immigrants_in_new_zealand/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/labour_market_outcomes_for_immigrants_in_new_zealand/#When:00:44:00Z Publications 2010-08-17T00:44:00+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_impact_of_crime_victimisation/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_impact_of_crime_victimisation/#When:00:27:17Z Publications 2010-08-17T00:27:17+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/how_important_is_selection/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/how_important_is_selection/#When:00:15:51Z Publications 2010-08-17T00:15:51+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/worker_mobility_and_wage_dynamics/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/worker_mobility_and_wage_dynamics/#When:22:14:59Z Publications 2010-08-16T22:14:59+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/agglomeration_elasticities/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/agglomeration_elasticities/#When:21:57:10Z Publications 2010-08-16T21:57:10+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_impact_of_immigration/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_impact_of_immigration/#When:20:46:39Z Publications 2010-08-16T20:46:39+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/credit_losses_in_australasian_banking1/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/credit_losses_in_australasian_banking1/#When:03:35:44Z Publications 2010-08-16T03:35:44+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/cutting_the_hedge/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/cutting_the_hedge/#When:03:06:41Z Publications 2010-08-16T03:06:41+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/nzares_conference_2010/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/nzares_conference_2010/#When:00:35:29Z Events 2010-08-16T00:35:29+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/credit_constraints_and_firm_dynamics/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/credit_constraints_and_firm_dynamics/#When:00:14:18Z Events 2010-08-16T00:14:18+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/spatial_statistics_conference_mapping_global_change/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/spatial_statistics_conference_mapping_global_change/#When:01:34:39Z Events 2010-08-13T01:34:39+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_spatial_impact_of_local_infrastructural_investment_in_new_zealand/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_spatial_impact_of_local_infrastructural_investment_in_new_zealand/#When:03:21:37Z Publications 2010-08-10T03:21:37+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_economics_of_infrastructure_investment/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_economics_of_infrastructure_investment/#When:23:01:27Z Publications 2010-08-09T23:01:27+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/optimizing_voluntary_deforestation_policy/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/optimizing_voluntary_deforestation_policy/#When:02:54:27Z Publications 2010-08-09T02:54:27+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/social_sciences_public_policy_and_difficult_decisions1/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/social_sciences_public_policy_and_difficult_decisions1/#When:00:25:03Z Events 2010-08-06T00:25:03+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/social_sciences_public_policy_and_difficult_decisions/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/social_sciences_public_policy_and_difficult_decisions/#When:20:08:22Z Events 2010-08-05T20:08:22+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/motu_research_update_18/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/motu_research_update_18/#When:01:50:29Z Publications 2010-07-26T01:50:29+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/motu_has_a_new_thesis_scholarship_recipient/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/motu_has_a_new_thesis_scholarship_recipient/#When:01:17:40Z The Motu Foundation is supporting Dan Bidois to study the U.S. ethnic achievement gap at Harvard.Our new scholarship recipient Dan Bidois visited Motu this week to discuss his Masters of Public Policy study commencing this August at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Dan is interested in public policy solutions to address the ethnic achievement gap in New Zealand and the United States. His project will centre on the large achievement gap between the major ethnicities in the U.S. He wishes to find out not only why this is, but to be able to offer some realistic policy solutions to the New Zealand government based on the U.S. experience. These types of issues are topical in New Zealand, in particular with the current implementation of national standards in education.Motu awards one Thesis Scholarship per year to a promising university student of Maori descent. Through this scholarship, we hope to enhance Maori research capability and encourage students of Maori descent to develop an interest in researching topics relevant to public policy development. See our scholarships page for more information. News/Media 2010-07-23T01:17:40+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_challenge_of_measuring_labour_market_discrimination_against_women/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/the_challenge_of_measuring_labour_market_discrimination_against_women/#When:03:12:48Z Publications 2010-07-19T03:12:48+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/transport_infrastructure_lock-out_and_urban_form/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/transport_infrastructure_lock-out_and_urban_form/#When:04:58:32Z Publications 2010-07-15T04:58:32+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/motu_frst_infrastructure/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/publications/detail/motu_frst_infrastructure/#When:04:10:29Z Publications 2010-07-15T04:10:29+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/infrastructure_workshop_news_item/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/news-media/detail/infrastructure_workshop_news_item/#When:03:06:22Z Presentations from IPS/Motu Infrastructure Workshop now available.The IPS/Motu Infrastructure Workshop (13 July) highlighted the importance of strategic infrastructure investment. The workshop also emphasised the many questions and challenges facing those planning infrastructure investments and the need to carefully evaluate and learn from past investments.  Arthur Grimes started the day by summing up four years of Motu-led research that evaluates infrastructure investments in New Zealand. This FRST-funded research programme, titled “Physical, Technological and Social Infrastructure: Maximising Contributions of Infrastructure Investments to New Zealand’s Economics Development” (2006-2010), funded research into transport, telecommunications, water, and local social/economic infrastructure.Read more about this research on Motu’s infrastructure research web page.         Presentations:Dr Arthur Grimes, MotuMotu’s FRST Infrastructure Programme: Key Findings and New Questions (PDF 558KB)John Boshier, New Zealand Centre for Advanced EngineeringCAENZ Infrastructure Programme: Key Findings (PDF 428KB) Stephen Selwood, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure DevelopmentStrategic Decision Making Frameworks (PDF 287KB)Andrew King, GNS ScienceClimate Change, Natural Hazards & Infrastructure Resilience (PDF 3.60KB)Professor Lew Evans, School of Economics and Finance, Victoria UniversityInfrastructure Investment & Uncertainty (PDF 609KB)Dr Andrew Coleman, MotuTransport infrastructure, ‘lock-out’, and urban form (PDF 395KB)Colin Crampton, New Zealand Transport AgencyA Culture of Lead InfrastructureMichael Deegan, Infrastructure AustraliaInfrastructure Approaches in Australia (PDF 219KB)An IPS publication following up on the key issues discussed during the this one day workshop will be available later in the year.  News/Media 2010-07-15T03:06:22+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/cleantech_transforming_our_economy_to_low_carbon_and_high_value/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/cleantech_transforming_our_economy_to_low_carbon_and_high_value/#When:23:29:08Z Events 2010-07-14T23:29:08+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/the_auckland_agenda/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/the_auckland_agenda/#When:02:02:03Z Events 2010-07-14T02:02:03+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/legal_transplants_in_the_digital_age/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/legal_transplants_in_the_digital_age/#When:00:03:42Z Events 2010-07-14T00:03:42+00:00 http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/telecommunications_conference/ http://www.motu.org.nz/index.php?/events/detail/telecommunications_conference/#When:23:57:31Z Events 2010-07-13T23:57:31+00:00