This research explores the current landscape of university economics enrolment and diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis reveals an overall decline in university enrolment in economics over the past two decades, with diversity trends showing economics becoming increasingly male-dominated.

This working paper explores how COVID-19 response measures have impacted New Zealand's economic behaviours. This is achieved by using various public data sources and data held by NZIER.

Over the last decade, Stats NZ has developed a powerful tool for policy-makers and researchers alike. Known as the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), it draws upon data from across the government and contains de-identified information for people living in New Zealand. In this paper, the author investigates how the IDI helps to do better research...