Adjustment and Inequality
The Motu ‘Adjustment and Inequality’ (A&I) research programme was a five year research programme funded by the Foundation of Research, Science, and Technology (FoRST) between 2002 and 2007. Overall, the research helped summarise and understand the pattern of adjustment that occurs in response to exogenous economic and social change (“shocks”), the way that these adjustments promote improved well-being, and it looks to anticipate the impacts of future changes.
Objectives of the A&I programme
The programme had three research objectives, described on the pages linked below (click on the links to go to webpages with detailed info):
Objective 2: Understanding geographic adjustment: understand the implications of location for community, family and individual well-being in New Zealand.
Objective 3: Identifying determinants of unequal opportunities and outcomes: understand the evolution of the distribution of outcomes in New Zealand.
Research leader:
Programme leader: Other Motu researchers: Other researchers: Suzie Ballantyne Simon Chapple Ron Crawford Jackie Cumming Geoff Lewis William McLuskey Adrian Slack Robert Sourell Rhema Vaithianathan
Other senior Motu researchers: