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A Research Gathering: Viewing New Zealand’s Social, Economic and Political History Through the Eyes of the CPI; 15 July, 2010
Keywords: Political Economy & History; Statistics;
My task today is to convey that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) occurs in an economic, political and social context. That does not mean that the statistic lacks authority, nor that [...]

This note was originally much more elaborate, because I had a very complicated account of what I thought McIlraith was trying to do. And then I worked out the following. A bit of a let down, but here to save others doing the same.
Keywords: Statistics;
James Wordsworth McIlraith (1877-195?[1]) is best remembered for his monograph [...]

This is an appendix for ‘Not in Narrow Seas: New Zealand History from an Economic Perspective’, a book I am writing. It is published here so that people can access the technical material. The data is available on request.

Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Political Economy & History; Statistics;

Over the last sixty years we [...]

I wrote this note to clarify some matters to myself; I shant be surprise if they become more prominent in 2011.
Keywords: Macroeconomics & Money; Statistics;
I have been looking at the International Investment Position focusing on the equity to debt ratio, in effect thinking about New Zealand’s external balance sheet as if it were a [...]

This was a note I prepared following a discussion on some troubling statistics. 1 March, 2010.
Keywords: Labour Studies; Statistics;
Suppose you did exactly the same job for the whole of your life. How do you think your wages would increase the same as inflation, or faster?
I cant be sure of the answer for a lifetime but [...]

This is the draft of a paper for 2009 Conference of the New Zealand Statistical Association, 3 September 2009. The presentation was a PowerPoint based on it. It is part of a study of the impact of drinking by associates undertaken by the  Centre for Social and Health Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (SHORE), Massey University. [...]

This is the draft of a paper for 2009 Conference of the New Zealand Statistical Association, 3 September 2009. The presentation was a PowerPoint based on it. It is part of a study of the impact of drinking by associates undertaken by the  Centre for Social and Health Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (SHORE), Massey University. [...]

This is the draft of a paper for 2009 Conference of the New Zealand Statistical Association, 3 September 2009. The presentation was a PowerPoint based on it. It is part of a study of the impact of drinking by associates undertaken by the  Centre for Social and Health Outcomes, Research and Evaluation (SHORE), Massey University. [...]

Speech to Launch the Report “New Insights into the Experienced Generation” for the Hope Foundation, 30 July 2009
 
Keywords: Social Policy; Statistics;
 
This report represents a further step to our understanding of ourselves as a society. Only a few decades ago we treated all New Zealanders as the same, with the implicit assumption that they [...]

Paper to the 50th Anniversary Conference of the New Zealand Association of Economists: 1 July, 2009: Wellington.
 Keywords: Growth & Innovation; History of Ideas, Methodology & Philosophy; Statistics;
 
This paper looks only at the first 25 years of the New Zealand research program on economic growth. It focuses on the empirical analysis but refers to [...]