Programme | Day 2
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11:00 – 12:30
4.1 Child Care & Education
Room: RHLT1
Chair: Jaimie Monk
The effect of screen time on child behaviour problems: an instrumental variable approach
Jaimie Monk - Victoria University of Wellington
Raising the Age of Care
Eyal Apatov - Oranga Tamariki - Ministry For Children
Building on strengths: Evidence on educational pathways that benefit Māori students with different aptitudes
Shannon Minehan - Motu Economic & Public Policy Research
11:00 – 12:30
4.2 Firm Performance
Room: RHLT3
Chair: Viv Hall
Business practices, dynamic capabilities and firm performance in New Zealand II: unpacking the black box
Tim Ng - The Treasury
Do dynamics and performance differ between Māori firms and non-Māori firms?
Lucas Chen - The Treasury
A boosted HP filter for New Zealand business cycle analysis?
Viv Hall - Victoria University of Wellington
11:00 – 12:30
4.3 Commerce Commission
Room: RHLT2
Chair:
Using laboratory experiments to understand consumer decision-making in the retail grocery sector
Steven James Tucker - University of Waikato and Waikato Experimental Economics Laboratory
Josh Finegan - Commerce Commission
Asset Stranding in Regulated Markets
Diego Villalobos - Commerce Commission
Sam Thornton - Commerce Commission
11:00 – 12:30
4.4 Housing and Health
Room: RHMZ02
Chair: Graham Squires
Reverse mortgages in New Zealand: financing fun for the rich or survival for the poor?
Graham Squires - Massey University
The Effect of a Desirable School Zone on Housing Prices
Peng Sun - University of Canterbury
A replication of “Inequality and Mortality: Long-run Evidence from A Panel of Countries”
Weilun (Allen) Wu - University of Canterbury
11:00 – 12:30
4.5 Health Care
Room: RHMZ03/04
Chair: Gail Duncan
Evaluating hospital performance
Thomas Schober - AUT/NZ Work Research Institute
Valuing mortality related consequences of Pandemic against public health measures taken during the Pandemic
Gail Duncan - Independent Economic Researcher
12:30 – 13:15
12:30 – 13:15
Lunch
Room RHZ02: Open New Zealand Women in Economics Network (NZWEN) meeting
13:15 – 14:00
AGM Room: RHMZ03
14:00 – 15:30
CONCURRENT SESSION 5
14:00 – 15:30
5.1 Wealth & Housing
Room: RHLT1
Chair: Peter Nunns
The Wealth Ladder: House Prices and Wealth Inequality in New Zealand
Luke Symes - The Treasury
Intergenerational Wealth Effects of House Price Changes
James Graham - University of Sydney
The decline of housing supply in New Zealand, 1930-2018
Peter Nunns - NZ Infrastructure Commission
Nadine Dodge - NZ Infrastructure Commission
14:00 – 15:30
5.2 Ministry of Transport: Transport Emissions Pathways and Impacts
Room: RHLT2
Chair: Joanne Leung
Transport pathway to net zero
Mieke Welvaert - Ministry Of Transport
Transport access and equity
Joshua Lee- Ministry of Transport
Economic and emissions impacts of biofuels policy options: An MDG6NZ dynamic CGE analysis
John Ballingall - Sense Partners
14:00 – 15:30
5.3 Wellbeing
Room: RHLT3
Chair: Conal Smith
Livelihood Goals and Its Impact on Livelihood Strategy in Rural China
Chen Chen - Lincoln University
Valuing Wellbeing Outcomes: Cost-wellbeing analysis of housing outcomes in the New Zealand General Social Survey
Caitlin Davies - Financial Markets Authority & Kotata Insights
Estimating the value of Olympic Success
Conal Smith - Kotata Insight
14:00 – 15:30
5.4 Forecasting
Room: RHMZ02
Chair: Kirdan Lees
Dwelling Projection Model
Yong Srun Vann, Greg Carstens - Hamilton City Council
Forecasting House Prices in New Zealand with Mixed Frequency Data
Murat Ozbilgin - The Treasury
Shocking stories from uncertain times: tracing the impact of uncertainty on the New Zealand economy
Kirdan Lees - Sense Partners
14:00 – 15:30
5.5 Crime & Victimisation
Room: RHMZ03/04
Chair: Alexandra Turcu
The causal relationship between alcohol outlets and crime
Michael Cameron - University of Waikato
Dynamic relationships between criminal offending and victimization
Lisa Meehan - AUT/NZ Work Research Institute
The hidden costs of crime: crime victimization, mental health and the role of offender prosecution
Alexandra Turcu - AUT/NZ Work Research Institute
15:30 – 16:00
Afternoon Tea
16:00 – 17:30
KEYNOTE 3
Room: RHLT1
Chair: Adam Richardson
The Economics of Sanctions and the Weaponisation of Money
Alan Bollard - Professor of Pacific Region Business, Victoria University of Wellington
18:30 - 20:30
Cocktail Evening & Prize Giving Venue: The Boatshed, Wellington Waterfront — Map Directions
