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Carbon report: Plant native trees, save cash
Jamie Morton reports in the NZ Herald: The case to plant more native forests to off-set emissions has been again pushed in another major research report - and this time, researchers say businesses could benefit. Wellington-based Motu…
More native forest can help firms manage emissions obligations
Companies with high greenhouse gas emissions face the risk of high costs in a carbon market where prices could soar as high as US$190 per unit. Researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research have…
Top researcher to head new Chair of Wellbeing and Public Policy
Motu is thrilled that Senior Fellow Arthur Grimes has been appointed as the inaugural Chair of Wellbeing and Public Policy at the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington. Arthur will continue his Motu research and…
Motu News - April 2017
From the DirectorTomorrow scientists and supporters in some 500 cities around the globe will march for Science ‘to defend the vital role science plays in our health, safety, economies, and governments.’ I have written previously…
The Happiness of the Long-Distance Mover
Whatever their reason for moving, do people who move within a country end up being happier? Looking at migration within Australia, a new study from researchers at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust shows…
1989 was year zero for Generation Rent
Bernard Hickey argues on Newsroom that 1989 was the year when New Zealand's housing costs took off and started a massive inter-generational wealth transfer that is showing few signs of being reversed. Otago University economist Andrew…
Motu researchers on the utter uselessness of job interviews, the ethical challenge facing AI, twelve questions for 2017, putting a price tag on diversity, how globalisation affected manufacturing - plus lawyer, lawyer your pants are on fire and more
Today's Top 10 at interest.co.nz (and an extra one for fun) is a guest post from Kate Preston, Sally Owen, Wilbur Townsend, Loïc Henry, Edmund Lou and Nathan Chappell at economic and public policy research…
STEM degrees set students up for serious salaries
A new paper by Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust has found that students with a degree in the STEM fields may earn more, but tend to be cemented into their careers. Read more…
Broadband subsidies for education: Are they worth the cost?
Tech Policy Daily reports.... When a government spends billions of dollars to roll out ultra-fast fiber broadband (UFB) to more than 70 percent of the population, with the priority on connecting the country’s schools first, one…
NZ is a richer country than many of us believe - but we're one of the most unequal too
Kiwis own one of the biggest hoards of personal possessions, cars and appliances in the world, new research has revealed. In terms of owning stuff, New Zealand could be the third richest country in the world…
