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Motu News October 2018
From the Interim Director of Motu Research With sadness, but no little pride I can advise you that Suzi Kerr has accepted a position as the Chief Economist at Environmental Defense Fund in New York, and…
Prestigious Prize for Top Economic Student
Motu is pleased to announce the top economics tertiary student for 2018 is Nicolas Adams from the University of Canterbury, who has won this year’s Sir Frank Holmes Prize. The prize recognises Sir Frank Holmes as…
Falling for someone educated like you can increase inequality
The phenomenon whereby the highly-educated have partners who are also highly-educated has gained attention in popular media and academic research as a driver of inequality. Lead author Omoniyi Alimi of Waikato University, together with Motu’s Senior…
Reaction to IPCC Climate Report from Suzi Kerr and Catherine Leining
Motu researchers, Senior Fellow Suzi Kerr and Policy Fellow, Catherine Leining react to the IPCC's Special Report - on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission…
Niven Winchester co-author on MIT's 2018 Food, Water, Energy and Climate Outlook
Charting the Earth’s future for the 21st centuryMIT report highlights challenges and opportunities for conserving natural resources and stabilizing the climate CAMBRIDGE, MA—In 2015 the Paris Agreement specified the need for its nearly 200 signatory nations…
Short musical tribute to the first decade of the NZ ETS
On 25 September 2018, the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) marked its first decade since entry into law. A new video “The NZ ETS: Beyond the Barricade” has been released in honour of…
Curious Minds: Isabelle Sin
Curious Minds is featuring Motu's Isabelle Sin as their woman in STEM this week. "Find something you love and work to become awesome at it. You don’t want to be stuck in a job that bores you…
Motu researchers on predicting obesity rates from space, reinventing cities, genes associated with education, and the Ig Nobel Prizes
The top ten recommended reads at interest.co.nz from Ben Davies, Sophie Hale, Dominic White, and Kate Preston.
Why NZ’s emissions trading scheme should have an auction reserve price
Catherine Leining and Suzi Kerr discuss how a price floor works and why the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme needs one in The Conversation. "If we want to make a smart transition to a low-emission economy, we…
Motu Researcher off to top US University
Edmund Lou, a Research Analyst at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, has been granted a full scholarship for a PhD programme at Northwestern University, and is heading off to Evanston, Illinois. Northwestern is ranked 7th…
