This document assesses the state of knowledge about firm dynamics in New Zealand and answers the following questions: 1) why firms grow? 2) how firm performance affects aggregate productivity growth? (3) what role policy can play in improving productivity growth. The objective is to identify any significant gaps in research to date, in terms of...

COVID-19 is both a health and an economic crisis for New Zealand. How it handles the health crisis affects the economy, and how it handles the economic crisis will affect New Zealander’s health in the future. Looking at health or economic costs in isolation risks presenting a skewed picture of the overall situation. This document...

The aim of this paper is to offer some perspectives on the type of policy interventions that will lead to material improvement in New Zealand’s productivity.

New Zealand’s productivity has long lagged behind other developed economies. The Productivity Commission has published this issues paper for its inquiry into lifting the performance of New Zealand’s “frontier firms”. These are the country's most productive firms, and they play a crucial role in the performance of the whole economy.

The document reports the findings from a government inquiry into technological change, disruption and the future of work.