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New Zealand and the world

Motu’s research frequently relates to international contexts. The publications in this section are drawn from a range of projects.

Our research focus

Motu’s current and recent international research focus includes:

Design of international climate change cooperative agreements.
Sequestering carbon in trees within New Zealand and in tropical Latin America.
Working with people in developing countries to reduce their emissions.

Publications

Accounting for social difference when measuring cultural diversity

Authors: Dave Maré | Jacques Poot

Working Paper

In this paper we introduce a measure of cultural diversity that takes ‘social difference’ between country of birth and ethnic groups into account.

We measure social difference using exploratory factor analysis of subjective identity, attitude…

Spatial Impacts of the Creation of Brasília: A Natural Experiment

Authors: Arthur Grimes | Jacques Poot | Valente J Matlaba

Article

Using data spanning 70 years (1939–2008), we examine whether Kubitschek’s planned creation of Brasília and its associated highway network had its intended effect of spreading development from Brazil’s coast to its interior. Specifically, we test whether the…

"No country for old men": a note on the trans-Tasman income divide

Authors: Hugh McDonald | Andrew Coleman

Working Paper

Although much work has been done analysing the possible causes of the New Zealand-Australian income gap, to date there has been little analysis of the extent to which this gap differs by gender and age.

Using…

Trans-Tasman Migration, Transnationalism and Economic Development in Australasia

Author: Jacques Poot

Working Paper

This paper focuses on migration between Australia and New Zealand, which has exhibited a strong, but cyclical, net movement towards Australia since the late 1960s. A long-term historical perspective is taken. Trans-Tasman migration is also…