Motu’s environmental and agricultural research focuses on the use and design of market-based instruments to address environmental goals, including climate change, water quality and land use change.
See our work in the Environment categoryPopulation economics refers to research on individuals, families, households, and communities. Labour economics focuses on the world of work and covers people as workers as well as how firms behave in their role as employers.
See our work in the Population and labour categoryMacroeconomics looks at fiscal and monetary policies and their effects, while well-being looks at outcomes such as income, exchange rates, life expectancy and sustainability.
See our work in the Wellbeing and macroeconomics categoryMotu is researching why firms, industries and regions are productive and how technological innovation works.
Urban and regional economics discusses location and how and why it makes a difference. In this section we discuss housing, the economic performance and regulation of cities, infrastructure, and regional economic differences.
See our work in the Urban and regional categoryDoes commuting increase workers’ exposure to difference and diversity? The uneven spatial distribution of different population subgroups within cities is well documented. Individual neighbourhoods are generally less diverse than cities as a whole. Auckland is New...
Population and labour employment New Zealand migrationETS reformmust reflect a changing world.Challenges remain.The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) broke new ground in ETS design. Drawing from analysis of core policy documentation, this paper examines the rationale, outcomes, and outlook...
Environment New Zealand emissions trading emissions pricing climate mitigationWe examine the question of whether the rate of business insolvencies in New Zealand is related to overall macroeconomic conditions. In particular, our interest is in whether the rate of business insolvencies changed in the...
Wellbeing and macroeconomics New Zealand bankingWe measure the mean and inequality in country material wellbeing based on households’ consumer durables, using household‐level data from OECD’s PISA surveys for 40 countries over 2000–2012. Our consumption‐based measures capture aspects of material wellbeing...
Wellbeing and macroeconomicsChanges in the cap affect emissions and prices. With tool, knowledge blooms. The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) Cap Explorer tool was created to help individuals understand how NZ ETS design features and drivers...
Environment emissions trading climate mitigation New Zealand agriculture energy forestry transportMotu helped create Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) focused on the characterisation and analysis of complex systems and networks. Find out more
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