Xero's economic contribution to New Zealand
February 1, 2018
NZIER’s economic modelling demonstrates that Xero has contributed $82 million directly to New Zealand’s GDP since 2011, generates nearly 80% of its global revenue from exports and creates jobs on average, 15 times faster than total employment growth in New Zealand. If Xero’s growth co … Read more
Sugar taxes : a review of the evidence
January 30, 2018
A report for the Ministry of Health. Read more
The economic contribution of the screen industry: 2017 update
December 6, 2017
A report to New Zealand Film Commission, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand On Air, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development, Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency. Read more
Immigration : doing the right thing for the right reasons - NZIER Insight 76
November 8, 2017
The new Government's plans to reduce immigration are a welcome first step towards an immigration system that improves New Zealand's wellbeing, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research said today. Read more
Making early intervention work - NZIER Insight 75
November 2, 2017
It's out with the old and in with the new. National's Social Investment approach is being replaced with a focus on Early Intervention. But the new government's focus should be on using evidence to support timely, if not always early, intervention. The health sector's experience with s … Read more
New Zealand services firms' approach to international revenue : a case study of the cloud-computing sector
November 1, 2017
Treasury and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) asked NZIER to conduct research which investigated how New Zealand Cloud-based companies thought about securing international revenues. In particular Treasury and NZTE were interested in finding out how current practice in market co … Read more
New government, new monetary policy framework - NZIER Insight 74
November 1, 2017
With the new Government indicating the Reserve Bank Act would be reviewed, NZIER has published an Insight discussing the alternatives to inflation-targeting in the post-GFC environment. Read more
China 2.0 - perspectives on China - NZIER Insight 73
October 27, 2017
China 2.0 - perspectives on China after the 19th Congress of the Communist Party. Read more
Keeping the bastards honest - NZIER Inisght 72
October 11, 2017
We think voters should be given better information about the fiscal consequences of political parties' election promises. We offer some observations and suggestions on how. Read more
Perspectives on the US economy after 8 months of Trump - NZIER Insight 71
September 11, 2017
Bipartisan trade policy must be re-established to support Kiwi businesses, NZIER says A new research note from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) recommends a return to New Zealand’s long-cherished bipartisan trade policy that has been damaged in recent years’ deba … Read more