To better understand the potential effects of transport policies, it is important to understand household spending patterns across different transport-related categories, as well as across different households. This study uses three distinct approaches to estimating transport elasticities for New Zealand.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Zealand Government introduced a series of economic policies designed to support the health response. The largest was the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS). This paper analyses the impacts of the WSS on both firm and worker level economic outcomes.

This paper analyses the effects of the Winter Energy Payment (WEP), that was introduced as part of the 2018 Families Package.

In 2018, the New Zealand Government made changes to its Accommodation Supplement policy. The geographic area allocation to Accommodation Supplement areas was changed. This research examines the changes in rent payments for recipients located on either side, and near to, such boundaries.

In this paper, the authors explain how displacement harms workers’ mental health and economic security in the short term and negatively affects their earnings and mortality risk in the long term.