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Excellence in economics brings home the Sir Frank Holmes prize
Motu is pleased to announce the top economics tertiary student for 2017 is Livvy Mitchell, from AUT who has won the Sir Frank Holmes Prize. In recognising Sir Frank Holmes as one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent economists and…
Coalition deal: Is our new R&D goal realistic?
Innovation experts have welcomed the new coalition government's goal of boosting spending on research and development to two per cent of GDP over 10 years. But it won't be easy - and could require a huge…
New Zealand PM-elect confirms ETS will stay as carbon price rallies to 1-yr high
New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern on Friday confirmed that the country’s emissions trading scheme would stay as part of the new government’s wide-reaching climate policies, as NZU prices surged 2.7% to their highest levels…
New Government in NZ Could Spell Changes for Pioneering Central Bank
The formation of a center-left government in New Zealand after an inconclusive election last month would likely spell big changes for its central bank, the pioneer of the inflation-targeting regime adopted across the world. This…
Who should bear the cost of the changing climate?
Insurance Business NZ covers the work done by Motu and the Deep South National Science Challenge around insurance and climate change here...
ETS or carbon tax? NZ needs a strategy
Suzi Kerr writes in Newsroom about the benefits of an emissions trading scheme vs a carbon tax. In the lead up to this election there has been some debate about how New Zealand should respond to…
Motu News September 2017
From the Director of Motu Economic and Public Policy ResearchSocial science research has a somewhat odd place in New Zealand. For starters, there is ambiguity about what it includes. For some 'social science' is a…
Gender Wage Gap Coverage
The paper examining the reasons behind the gender wage gap was popular in the media. Here is a list of where the article featured: Mainstream Media The Conversation - Women paid less for same contribution to work, and sexism…
Sexism to blame for much of gender wage gap
A world first examination of the gender wage gap has researched employees’ productivity to see how much sexism is to blame for the difference in women and men’s pay. The study by researchers at Motu Economic…
Working for a better world
Anne-Marie Brook is developing a Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) after realising that the world doesn’t currently have a simple, transparent way to track the human rights performance of countries. The Gisborne Herald reports.
