John Kerr • Apr 28, 2017 •
Māori, Pacific and Asian New Zealanders are more at risk of depression and anxiety disorders and yet are likely to be under-diagnosed, say the authors of a new study. Around one in six New Zealand adults are diagnosed with an anxiety or mood disorder in their lifetime. However some minorities are less likely to be diagnosed, despite appearing to have higher rates of … Read More
Public Health Expert • Nov 28, 2016 •
By Dr Andrea Teng, Prof Tony Blakely, Prof Michael Baker, Prof Diana Sarfati In this Blog we discuss our recently published study that shows that infection from the bacteria Helicobacter pylori is the major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. We also discuss a possible next step which could be for one DHB … Read More
Eric Crampton • Nov 10, 2016 •
I wrote a short piece last night for The Spinoff on last night’s election. I’ll change my views if we get refined exit poll data that tells me otherwise. But it also seems to be the conclusion others are now drawing too. I also talked about this with Mark Sainsbury this morning. It isn’t an income inequality class war … Read More
Public Health Expert • Oct 31, 2016 •
Dr Andrea Teng, June Atkinson, Dr George Disney, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Diana Sarfati, Dr Melissa McLeod, Prof Tony Blakely Work we just published shows some adverse trends in cancer deaths by ethnic group, as well as some favourable trends. In this blog we discuss some of the key findings of this research and what the options are for NZ … Read More
Donal Curtin • Nov 27, 2015 •
A while back, I saw that a Special Housing Area (SHA) had been set up quite close to us, in Browns Bay. So I went and had a nosey, as you do. It wasn’t what I’d expected, from a number of perspectives. I’d had at the back of my mind that SHAs would be reasonably substantial sites – it’s rather … Read More
Guest Work • Oct 15, 2015 •
by Hunter Calder Cancer Researchers have found Māori in New Zealand have a higher chance of getting preventable cancerous diseases such as lung or cervical cancer than their non-indigenous peers. And they are also suffering higher cancer rates than indigenous people in other countries, where rates are similar to or lower than to those in non indigenous populations. Māori women were among the largest group … Read More
Donal Curtin • Jul 10, 2015 •
I've been away at the NZ Association of Economists' annual shindig - full conference programme here, with links to abstracts and to quite a few of the full papers, including my own one on why our Commerce Commission should have the right, and obligatio... Read More
Eric Crampton • Jul 01, 2015 •
Few things are more depressing than a Stuff.co.nz comment thread, even on a good day. But this one was a doozy.Michael Daly reported on the Treasury paper showing, if anything, declines in income inequality in NZ since the early 2000s and, for expendit... Read More
Eric Crampton • Jun 29, 2015 •
Consumption inequality in New Zealand is down. Not just down on the mid-1990s post-reform peak, but also down relative to 1984.That's the conclusion out of new work by Ball and Creedy at the Treasury. I cover it over at The Initiative's Sandpit blog. But here's the key figure.The dashed “Market” line traces Gini inequality in market earnings over … Read More
Eric Crampton • May 07, 2015 •
I reprised this post at a symposium on CEO pay at Otago University on Friday.Here's my presentation - I had a half-hour to generally survey the lit on why CEOs are paid what they're paid. Note that I here overestimated the pay ratio in New Zeala... Read More