New Zealand Economic Papers articles from December 2001

New Zealand Economic Papers archives from December 2001

Work experience and the gender earnings gap.
December 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Previous New Zealand work on the gender earnings gap has documented slow reductions in the size of gap during the 1980s and 1990s (Dixon, 1998; Statistics New Zealand, 1999, p.26). The female-to-male average hourly earnings...

Livestock production and the environment: some impacts of growth and trade liberalisation.
December 1, 2001... 1. Introduction Livestock production has been increasing at a rapid pace, with a consequent increase in the associated environmental problems in many regions of the world. In New Zealand, for instance, there are concerns about the apparent...

A cohort analysis of household income, consumption and saving.
December 1, 2001... 1. Introduction In many countries, concern has been raised by apparent falls in household saving rates. Low levels of household saving are linked to falling national saving and growing current account deficits on the one hand, and concern...

Investigating a wage curve for New Zealand.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2001... "Science is organised common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact." Thomas Huxley 1. Introduction It is becoming increasingly obvious that the solutions to a number of important social and economic issues lie...

Quality versus quantity: ranking research records of economics departments in New Zealand.
December 1, 2001... 1. Introduction In economics, as in many other specialized disciplines, it is often very difficult for outsiders to assess the quantity and (especially) the quality of the research done in different institutions. For this reason, repeated...

Teaching AD-AS models: institutions and the Asian crisis.
December 1, 2001... 1. Introduction If economics departments are to increase student numbers or retain economics in the core of a business degree, then restoring interest and excitement to principles economics courses is paramount. A course that is...

The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics.
December 1, 2001... The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics by William Easterly, The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, and London, England, 2001, xiii+342pp., ISBN 0-262-05065-X, US$ 29.95/ 20.50 [pounds sterling] This...

Cycles of Disadvantage? (Book Reviews).
December 1, 2001... Cycles of Disadvantage? by Scott Boggess and Mary Corcoran, with Stephen P. Jenkins (Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, 1999), x + 187 pp., ISBN 0 908935 38 2. This short monograph was published by...

Corporate Governance in Australia and New Zealand. (Book Reviews).
December 1, 2001... Corporate Governance in Australia and New Zealand, by John Farrar, (Oxford University Press, Melbourne), 2001, ISBN 0195513142 The title suggested this as a timely book for the New Zealand environment given the changes that occurred in 2001...