The economic contribution of NZX New Zealand's Exchange and its role in supporting the New Zealand economy
February 12, 2018
NZX asked NZIER to examine its direct contribution to, and facilitating role in, the New Zealand economy. We found that NZX directly contributes $52 million of GDP, but that the NZX50 firms that list on the S&P/NZX generate $25 billion and employ over 96,000 workers. We also used … Read more
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
Social investment : a New Zealand policy experiment
January 17, 2018
Published by Bridget Williams Books (BWB). Read more
NZIER Consensus Forecasts shows softer growth outlook
December 11, 2017
The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts expects a modestly softer growth outlook for the next few years. Overall, the growth outlook remains positive. 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
Falling from heights: Cost benefit analysis of scaffolding for single storey houses
December 1, 2017
A report commissioned by BRANZ and funded by the Building Research Levy. 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