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Housing and child development: Trajectories of child wellbeing by tenure type in Aotearoa New Zealand
Authors: Jaimie Monk | Arthur Grimes
Working Paper
This study followed nearly 6,000 children from birth to age 12 and found while children in public housing had more behavioural challenges at age two, those challenges eased more quickly than for their peers in…
Firms and ethnic wage differences
Authors: Dave Maré | Richard Fabling
Working Paper
This paper looks at how much the workplaces people are employed in explain the pay gaps between ethnic groups in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study finds the firms people work for explain only a very…
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2026-01-12
Our evaluation of Govt's Research & Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) shows positive impact on businessesWe have just released this paper evaluating the Govts Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) for business.
