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How will climate change-induced increases in extreme rainfall effect EQC liabilities?
Weather-related hazards have already cost the EQC $450 million in (inflation adjusted) payouts since the year 2000. New research by Jacob Pastor-Paz, Ilan Noy, Isabelle Sin, Abha Sood, David Fleming-Munoz, and Sally Owen has found that…
Why are there more accidents on Mondays?
Previous research has found there are more workers’ compensation claims for injuries on Mondays than on any other day of the week. This is often called the “Monday Effect”. New research published by Motu Economic and…
Motu News January 2020
From the Executive Director of Motu Research Kia ora koutou and happy 2020. Looking back, it has been nearly 11 months since I began my role as Executive Director. During my time at Motu,…
Motu’s Catherine Leining appointed as a Climate Change Commissioner
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research is proud to announce the appointment of Catherine Leining as a New Zealand Climate Change Commissioner. Ms Leining is a Motu Policy Fellow and has over 26 years of international…
Occupational drift blogs
Occupational drift captures the gradual evolution of occupational mix over time as a proportion of the total workforce. It's arguably the best measure of long-run labour market change from the perspective of workers. Our Dave Maré…
Taking the carbon out of construction
Engineered wood could cut building emissions and costs By Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change To meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change—keeping global warming…
The impact of ultra-fast broadband on workers and firms
After New Zealand’s central government initiated a large roll-out of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) in 2011, the use of UFB by firms increased markedly. 21 percent of firms had broadband in 2010, rising to 55 percent…
Coverage of Early Childhood Education workforce statistics
A recent report by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research focusses on the characteristics of the ECE workforce including how often people enter and leave the sector and where workers come from and move to.…
Coverage of digital inclusion and wellbeing paper
New research by Motu's Arthur Grimes and Dominic White using four large-scale surveys of New Zealanders shows those in social housing and people with disabilities appear to be particularly disadvantaged with respect to internet access.…
Coverage of medical specialists pay and gender bias
The gender pay gap is alive and well in District Health Boards (DHB) at the senior doctor level according to research from Motu's Isabelle Sin and Bronwyn Bruce-Brand. This was covered in: Kiwi female doctors earn…
