Wage and employment rates in New Zealand from 1991 to 2001

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• Thanks to New Zealand Treasury for funding the research on which this paper is based. Access to the data used in this study was provided by Statistics New Zealand, under conditions designed to give effect to the confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act 1975. We should also like to thank Ron Crawford, John Creedy, John Freebairn, Melissa McKenzie, Tim Maloney, Ivan Tuckwell and participants of a seminar at the Treasury for their helpful comments. Finally, we benefited from the comments by the editor Tim Hazledine and an anonymous referee. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Treasury or Statistics New Zealand.
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