Other Economic Outcomes Publications
How education is related to economic outcomes, other than employment and earnings.
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A review of the New Zealand evidence on the benefits of tertiary education
What does existing evidence say about the benefits of tertiary education in New Zealand? This report reviews the body of New Zealand research on this question and aims to summarise what we know and don’t know so well. It aims…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: August 2025
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What we get for what we spend: Inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure 2004-2013
This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure over the period 2004 to 2013 in five key funds. In total, these funds distributed over $4 billion to providers and students in 2013…
Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2015
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Slow repayers: The characteristics of borrowers who make slow progress in reducing their student loans
This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme (SLS) and left tertiary study between 2000 and 2006, and focuses on those who make slow progress towards repaying their loans.…
Author(s): Nick Chen and Michael Webster, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2013
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Going abroad: What do we know about people going overseas after tertiary study?
This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme while undertaking tertiary study, and then went overseas. It profiles those overseas and looks at the characteristics of those who return to New Zealand and of those who stay…
Author(s): Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education and Deborah Spackman, Statistics New Zealand.
Date Published: January 2012
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How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy
This paper asks how tertiary education can deliver better value to the economy. It is based on a presentation given at the New Zealand conference of the Association of Tertiary Education Management in Auckland in July 2010.…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2010
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Social and economic indicators of education
This report uses data from the 2008 New Zealand General Social Survey to explore how a range of 30 social and economic indicators vary with education. It provides evidence supporting known economic benefits, and new evidence on a range of…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: August 2010
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Benefits of tertiary certificates and diplomas: Exploring economic and social outcomes
This report examines the economic and social benefits of tertiary certificates and diplomas and provides new evidence of the value of a significant part of the tertiary education system. It makes use of a range of data to look at…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: May 2010
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Tertiary education, skills and productivity
This report updates and extends an article that was first published in Profile and Trends 2007 (Ministry of Education, 2008). It provides an overview of the information and literature relating to the link between tertiary education, skills and productivity in…
Author(s): Dee Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: February 2010
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The economic impact of export education
This publication/resource contains material which was developed with funding from the Export Education levy and managed by Education New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of Education (© Crown).…
Author(s): Commissioned by Education New Zealand and Ministry of Education and prepared by Infometrics, NRB and Skinnerstrategic
Date Published: 30 June 2008
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Trends in the contribution of tertiary education to the accumulation of educational capital in New Zealand: 1981-2001
One of the key determinants of our country’s economic progress is the level of skills in our population, and one of the key ways we track skill levels is by looking at the educational qualifications of our population. This report…
Author(s): James Newell and Martin Perry, Monitoring and Evaluation Research Associates, on behalf of the Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2006
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Outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system: A synthesis of the evidence
This report provides a synthesis of the evidence of the outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system. The report quotes a number of statistical studies completed over the last six years and also reproduces some previously published summaries of…
Author(s): Warren Smart
Date Published: August 2006
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Paying off a student loan - an analysis of progress to full repayment from the integrated dataset
This report analyses the experience of Student Loan Scheme borrowers in repaying their student loans. This report complements a related paper, Who doesn’t pay back, that examines the characteristics of those who make no progress to repayment of their student…
Author(s): Jamie Hyatt
Date Published: August 2005
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Who doesn't pay back - The characteristics of borrowers who make no progress in reducing their student loans
This paper explores the characteristics of borrowers who have not made any progress in reducing their student loan balances. The paper complements a related paper, Paying off a student loan, which explores the progress to full repayment for Student Loan…
Author(s): Roger Smyth and Jamie Hyatt
Date Published: August 2005
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Living with a student loan, a profile of student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas
This report profiles student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas. One of two analytical reports using previously unavailable information from Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Dataset on Student Loan Scheme Borrowers.…
Author(s): Fiona Griffin, David Scott and Roger Smyth
Date Published: March 2005
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