Eilya Torshizian
Principal Economist - Head of quantitative analysis team

Biography
Eilya is a trusted adviser to clients in the public and private sectors. He understands the complexity of modern business and policy problems. He knows the pressures that senior managers face and the contribution of ‘good’ consultancy to solving those problems. He ensures his reports provide practical and clearly-explained guidance.
In addition to providing causal sense of a wide range of big datasets, containing information on housing, trade, electricity, commodities and health, Eilya has also used innovative approaches for making sense of extremely small data. Eilya has discussed the complexities of demand in different contexts, recognising their particular features.
Eilya’s work spans urban economics (e.g. sustainable regional development, regeneration, wellbeing and residential satisfaction, and spatial deprivation), environmental economics (e.g. water policy), macroeconomics (e.g. consumption patterns), behavioural and experimental economics (e.g. communities’ specific choice between economic trade-offs).
Contact
- eilya.torshizian[at]nzier [dot] org [dot] nz
- DDI
- MOB022 156 4529
Expertise
Education
PhD, University of AucklandRecent projects
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Economic contribution studies
Using a Computable General Equilibrium model to look at the contribution of specific sectors to the economy.
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Empirical wellbeing approach to Total Impact Reporting for Tāmaki Regeneration Programme, 2019
A new tool has been developed to capture fiscal economic and wellbeing outcomes.
Latest publications
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Is the sky falling? NZIER Insight 82
01 July 2019
Business confidence has decreased significantly over the last year. What does this tell us about the likely path of economic growth? Can we use this data to predict the next recession?