Big data
Many projects have a strong focus on utilising linked administrative data, and in particular the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and Longitudinal Business Database (LBD). See a quick summary in our Big Data pamphlet.
Selected recent examples
2021
- The Future of Work in New Zealand: An Empirical Examination
Commissioned by the NZ Industrial Relations Fund (IRF)
2020
- Ethnic differences in the use and experience of child heatlhcare services in NZ
Commissioned by the Ministry of Social Development (MSD)
2019
- In-work Poverty in New Zealand
Commissioned by the Human Rights Commission - Characterising New Zealand's Underutilised Workforce
- Infographic
Commissioned by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE)
2018
- Health Care Homes: Early Evidence in Wellington
Commissioned by NZ Productivity Commission - Parenthood and labour market outcomes
Commissioned by the Ministry for Women - Land Use Regulation, the Redevelopment Premium and House Prices
(in collaboration with the Centre for Applied Research in Economics, University of Auckland) - Developing indicators of international student wellbeing: A scoping exercise with the IDI
Commissioned by the Ministry of Education
2017
- Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand
Commissioned by the Ministry for women - Residential movement within New Zealand: Quantifying and characterising the transient population
Commissioned by Superu - Explaining ethnic disparities in bachelor's qualifications
Commissioned by NZ Productivity Commission - Low pay workers in NZ
Commissioned by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment
Big Data reports
View a full list of all of our Big Data reports which use large administrative datasets.
Primary surveys
We have conducted a number of national, local and work-place surveys; longitudinal, repeated or one-off; collecting quantitative and/or qualitative data.