Sources

Sources & Notes

This page lists the major data sources, research papers, and institutional reports that inform these analyses. These sources provide the long‑run context behind New Zealand’s productivity performance, income and wealth distribution, housing dynamics, macroeconomic settings, and structural incentives.

New Zealand Productivity Commission

  • Frontier Firms Inquiry (2021)
  • Productivity by the Numbers (annual statistical series)
  • Technological Change and the Future of Work (2020)
  • Housing Affordability Inquiry (2012)
  • Local Government Funding and Financing (2019)
  • Regulatory Institutions and Practices (2014)
  • International Migration and Productivity (2017)
  • New Zealand Productivity: Why It Matters and How to Improve It (multi‑ye

New Zealand Treasury

  • Long‑Term Fiscal Statement (2009, 2013, 2016, 2021)
  • Long‑Term Insights Briefing: Productivity and the Future of Growth (2021)
  • He Tirohanga Mokopuna — Long‑Term Fiscal Projections
  • Economic and Fiscal Updates (HYEFU, BEFU, PREFU)
  • Treasury Working Papers on productivity, capital deepening, and GDP per capita
  • Income Distribution and Inequality Analytical Papers
  • The Cost of Capital in New Zealand (various working papers)

Reserve Bank of New Zealand

  • Monetary Policy Statements (quarterly)
  • Financial Stability Reports (biannual)
  • Household Debt and Housing Vulnerability Studies
  • Funding for Lending Programme documentation
  • Historical OCR, inflation, and credit series
  • Macro‑financial insights on leverage, asset prices, and systemic

NZIER (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research)

  • Quarterly Predictions (macro forecasts)
  • Productivity and Capital Deepening Reports
  • Housing Affordability and Land‑Use Studies
  • Business Investment and Firm‑Level Productivity Papers
  • NZIER Working Papers on structural reform and economic strategy

OECD

  • OECD Economic Surveys: New Zealand (biennial)
  • OECD Productivity Database
  • OECD Wealth Distribution Database
  • OECD Capital Stock and Investment Statistics
  • OECD Housing Affordability and Land‑Use Studies
  • OECD Better Life Index

Academic & Policy Research

  • Rehm & Cheung — Housing Affordability and Dual‑Income Dynamics
  • Motu Working Papers on land use, housing, and productivity
  • Victoria University of Wellington — Public Finance and Tax Studies
  • University of Auckland — Capital Markets and Firm Productivity Research
  • IMF Article IV Reports on New Zealand
  • World Bank and UNDP long‑run development comparisons

Historical & Structural Context

  • The Treasury: Economic Management (1984) — the blueprint for the reforms
  • Reserve Bank: History of Monetary Policy in New Zealand
  • OECD: Structural Reform in New Zealand (1990s retrospective)
  • NZIER: The Long Decline — NZ’s Productivity Performance Since the 1970s
  • Academic analyses of Rogernomics and its long‑run effects

Notes

  1. All long‑run income and wealth comparisons use constant‑dollar series from Stats NZ and Treasury.
  2. Inequality measures (Gini, P90/10, P80/20) are sourced from Stats NZ and OECD harmonised datasets.
  3. Housing market analysis draws on RBNZ credit data, Productivity Commission housing inquiries, and Motu land‑use research.
  4. Productivity and capital deepening comparisons use OECD and Treasury LTIB datasets.
  5. International comparisons are normalised for PPP and capital stock differences where applicable.
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