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Motu working papers are research materials circulated by their authors for the purpose of information and discussion. They are reviewed, but not formally refereed. Any opinions expressed in papers are those of the author and do not represent a Motu position.
A Quarterly Post-World War II Real GDP Series for New Zealand
There are no official quarterly real GDP estimates for New Zealand for the period prior to 1977. We develop a seasonally adjusted series for 1947q2 to 2006q2, by linking quarterly observations from two recent official series to temporally disaggregated observations for an earlier time...
Hall, Viv and John McDermott. 2007. "A Quarterly Post-World War II Real GDP Series for New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 07-13.
What Explains the Wealth Gap Between Immigrants and the New Zealand Born?
Immigrants are typically found to have less wealth and hold it in different forms than the native born. These differences may affect both the economic assimilation of immigrants and overall portfolio allocation when immigrants are a large share of the population, as in New Zealand. In this...
Gibson, John; Trinh Le and Steven Stillman. 2007. "What Explains the Wealth Gap Between Immigrants and the New Zealand Born?" Motu Working Paper 07-12.
Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand
Twenty-three percent of New Zealand’s population is foreign-born and forty percent of migrants have arrived in the past ten years. Newly arriving migrants tend to settle in spatially concentrated areas and this is especially true in New Zealand. This paper uses census data to examine the...
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.
Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets
This paper analyses local labour and housing market adjustment in New Zealand from 1989 to 2006. We use a VAR approach to examine the adjustment of employment, employment rate, participation rate, wages, and house prices in response to employment shocks. Migration is a major adjustment...
Grimes, Arthur; David C Maré and Melanie Morten. 2007. "Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets," Motu Working Paper 07-10.
Spatial Determinants of Land Prices in Auckland: Does the Metropolitan Urban Limit Have an Effect
Land prices within monocentric cities typically decline from the centre to the urban periphery. More complex patterns are observed in polycentric and coastal cities; discrete jumps in value can occur across zoning boundaries. Information on these patterns within Auckland is important to...
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.
Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Goals and Trading Caps
For a nutrient trading system to achieve the desired environmental outcome, or goal, this outcome needs to be translated into nutrient flows and allowances. To connect the nutrient loss provided for under the allowances with the environmental goal, a number of decisions need to be made....
Kerr, Suzi; Kit Rutherford and Kelly Lock. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Goals and Trading Caps," Motu Working Paper 07-08.
The Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model Version 1 (LURNZv1): Model Description
This paper documents the first version of the Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model (LURNZv1). It describes the overall modelling approach, the database underlying the model, and the construction of each module within the model. The model is econometrically estimated from national time series...
Hendy, Joanna; Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden. 2007. "The Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model Version 1 (LURNZv1): Model Description," Motu Working Paper 07-07.
Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Where Are We Now?
A number of decisions need to be made when setting up a nutrient trading system including defining a target, allocating allowances and setting up a monitoring system. To ensure that the nutrient trading system implemented operates in harmony with existing regulation, existing work and...
Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Where Are We Now?" Motu Working Paper 07-06.
The Impact of Immigration on the Geographic Mobility of New Zealanders
This paper uses data from the New Zealand Census to examine how the supply of recent migrants in particular skill groups affects the geographic mobility of the New Zealand-born and earlier migrants. We identify the impact of recent migration on mobility using the ‘areaanalysis’ approach,...
Stillman, Steven and David C. Maré. 2007. "The Impact of Immigration on the Geographic Mobility of New Zealanders," Motu Working Paper 07-05.
An Auckland Land Value Annual Database
We construct an annual land value database at the meshblock (MB) level for the Greater Auckland region. The database provides a resource for research work that requires land values (per hectare) across the region. The data is based on valuation records sourced from Quotable Value New...
Grimes, Arthur and Yun Liang. 2007. "An Auckland Land Value Annual Database," Motu Working Paper 07-04.
Towards a Design For a Nutrient Trading Programme To Improve Water Quality in Lake Rotorua
This paper explores how to enhance the role for academic research (natural sciences, economics and their integration; and stakeholder management) within the development and implementation of water quality policy in New Zealand. Our focus is on the use of market based instruments and...
Kerr, Suzi; Glen Lauder and David Fairman. 2007. "Towards a Design For a Nutrient Trading Programme To Improve Water Quality in Lake Rotorua," Motu Working Paper 07-03.
New Zealand's Quota Management System: A History of the First 20 Years
New Zealand is a world leader in the use of Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) to manage fisheries. Although the use of an ITQ system is not unique to New Zealand, no other country has used this system to the same extent as New Zealand. This has meant that, internationally, a lot of...
Lock, Kelly and Stefan Leslie. 2007. "New Zealand's Quota Management System: A History of the First 20 Years," Motu Working Paper 07-02.
House Prices and Rents: Socio-Economic Impacts and Prospects
We use New Zealand property data at the area unit (suburb) level to examine implied prospects for communities over time, and test whether these derived prospects have explanatory power relating to actual future outcomes. We also use the data to analyse whether disadvantaged communities face...
Grimes, Arthur and Andrew Aitken. 2007. "House Prices and Rents: Socio-Economic Impacts and Prospects," Motu Working Paper 07-01.
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