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What drives the gender pay gap?
The earnings differential between men and women is a recurring topic in academic research and policy debates. While the gender pay gap is sometimes interpreted as a blatant sign of discrimination that calls for stricter…
Jan 17, 2018
How climate change could send your insurance costs soaring
Climate change is not only set to transform our environment, it's also likely to cause insurance costs to skyrocket. This in-depth article from Stuff talks to a variety of learned folk and looks at some…
Jan 6, 2018
A Motu Top 10 on festive giving ideas; gender, nature and nurture; lost Einsteins; how Nazis are made; paywalls; potatoes and productivity, Mugabe's lottery win & climate change in the USian mind
Today's Top 10 at interest.co.nz is a guest post from Kate Preston, Shakked Noy, Nathan Chappell and Sally Owen from Motu Economic and Public Policy Research. It looks at festive giving ideas; gender, nature and nurture;…
Dec 15, 2017
Could shared equity schemes be a way for the new government to forge a new path in state housing?
Gareth Vaughan of interest.co.nz takes a look at a shared equity scheme that was proposed and rejected for Tamaki. This is both an article and a video with Pat Snedden and Arthur Grimes. More...
Nov 1, 2017
Opportunity for Ardern over 'wellbeing'
Colin James writes in the Otago Daily Times about what the Treasury is telling Grant Robertson about ''wellbeing economics''. This includes a look at Arthur Grimes's work. More...
Oct 31, 2017
New view on gas emissions welcome
Richard Rennie of Farmers Weekly talks with Suzi Kerr and others about the way that foresters, environmentalists and climate change experts are welcoming the Government’s policy moves to manage the country’s runaway gas emissions. More...
Oct 30, 2017
Stormwater and Wastewater Paper Coverage
The Climate Change and Stormwater and Wastewater Systems report, commissioned by the Deep South National Science Challenge, highlights infrastructure issues Aotearoa New Zealand may face as it grapples with “increasingly severe risks” of extreme rainfall,…
Oct 27, 2017
Coalition deal: Is our new R&D goal realistic?
Innovation experts have welcomed the new coalition government's goal of boosting spending on research and development to two per cent of GDP over 10 years. But it won't be easy - and could require a huge…
Oct 25, 2017
New Zealand PM-elect confirms ETS will stay as carbon price rallies to 1-yr high
New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern on Friday confirmed that the country’s emissions trading scheme would stay as part of the new government’s wide-reaching climate policies, as NZU prices surged 2.7% to their highest levels…
Oct 20, 2017
New Government in NZ Could Spell Changes for Pioneering Central Bank
The formation of a center-left government in New Zealand after an inconclusive election last month would likely spell big changes for its central bank, the pioneer of the inflation-targeting regime adopted across the world. This…
Oct 13, 2017
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