Julian is primarily a labour economist with a Master’s in Social Science and a history of strategic labour market policy work in minimum wages, migration and regional development.
Julian has produced a wide range of research for the Maxim Institute covering Regional Development, Migration and Active Labour Market Policies (ALMP). His regional development work included drawing attention to decline and transition policy for regions as they increasingly face demographic and economic change. His migration work highlighted New Zealand’s over-reliance on temporary work visas — contrasting this with welcoming policy and Manākitanga. His meta-analysis of what AMLP’s work in a recession, directly fed into discussions with officials over options to respond well to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Julian is currently examining modern forms of work and how these increasingly non-standard/platform/precarious work practices interface with the tax and welfare support systems.
Our trading relationship with China makes it costly to engage in honest foreign policy.
The social insurance scheme presents the largest shift of our welfare system in over 30 years.
Over the last year the fruit of our temporary migration system has become increasingly apparent.
The Government’s radical centralisation of our health care system will solve many of the problems
With the median weekly rent in the Wellington region climbing to $600/week in February, and rents
But after a year of COVID-19 it seems we haven’t learned anything or changed the way we can opera...
In the economic battle against COVID-19, there was hope we might all “be home for Christmas;” a...
Back in May the Government signalled its interest in exploring new forms of unemployment insurance
Research highlights the returns to ALMPs are neither assured nor even always positive.
When the Government closed New Zealand’s borders in response to COVID-19, flaws in our labour mar...
As the numbers of people made redundant as a result of COVID-19 rises there is ever increasing press
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