Regional Migration to Hamilton City
Benje Patterson analysed the effects of regional migration on Hamilton’s population. The locations from which people were moving to and from Hamilton were identified, as were the most likely age groups to move.
Articles written by leading NZ economist Benje Patterson
Beyond GDP: Informing wellbeing in regional New Zealand
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is often misused as a headline measure of the wellbeing of people in New […]
33,000 Aucklanders move to the rest of New Zealand
Almost 33,000 Aucklanders left for other parts of the country over the four years to June 2017, shows a new report by economist Benje Patterson.
A Black Box Wellbeing Budget: Lessons for the Regions
The Wellbeing Budget was the Government’s first chance to transform the Treasury’s Living Standards Framework into an objective […]
The Census is not completely fixable
Statistics NZ has finally announced that we will get the first tranche of Census 2018 data on September 23 – a mere 566 days after we filled in the forms. But concerns remain with some indicators. Which raises the big questions – what data will be released, and can we trust this census?
Are tourists dissatisfied with hotels and motels?
Guest nights during February 2019 were down 0.4% from a year ago. The culprit was a 3.2% decline […]
Productivity still shite, but hope for the future
New Zealand has a productivity problem. Heck, we even have an entire government agency, the Productivity Commission, dedicated […]
Regional economics expert: Who is Benje Patterson?
Business or pleasure? Who cares. Before getting cosy with someone, you need to get to know what makes […]
Who knows best: businesses or economists?
Economists were surprised yesterday when the Reserve Bank changed tack and put the prospect of an official cash […]
Kiwifruit, plonk and lamb on par with dairy exports!
MPI recently released a bullish set of primary sector export forecasts. But forget MPI’s headline – the big […]
Do we really trust Census 2018?
With 10% of people not filling out Census 2018, will we trust the results? The Census 2018 miscount […]
Be careful reading regional economic headlines
Statistics New Zealand released its regional GDP series yesterday. The data gives a high level snapshot of regional […]