Prices and unit values in poverty measurement and tax reform analysis World Bank Economic Review forthcoming (2005) With Scott Rozelle
Is it better to be a boy? A disaggregated outlay equivalent analysis of gender bias in Papua New Guinea Journal of Development Studies 40(4): 116-137 (2004) With Scott Rozelle
Poverty mapping with environmental variables (Poster) American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Montreal (2003) With Bryant Allen, Mike Bourke and Paul Brugman
Poverty and access to roads in Papua New Guinea Economic Development and Cultural Change 52(1): 159-185 (2003) With Scott Rozelle
Cost- and income-based measures of human capital Journal of Economic Surveys 17(3): 271-307 (2003). With Trinh Le and Les Oxley
Improving estimates of inequality and poverty from urban China's Household Income and Expenditure Survey Review of Income and Wealth 49(1): 53-68 (2003) With Scott Rozelle and Jikun Huang
Have computers changed the New Zealand wage structure? Evidence from data on training, New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 28(1): 13-21 (2003) With Bridget Daldy
Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 64(4): 341-359 (2002)
How elastic is calorie demand? Parametric, nonparametric and semiparametric results for urban Papua New Guinea, Journal of Development Studies 38(6): 23-46 (2002) With Scott Rozelle
Attacking poverty in Papua New Guinea - but for how long? Pacific Economic Bulletin 17(2): 33-41 (2002) With Susan Olivia
Decomposing ethnic differences in the incidence of employer-provided training in New Zealand, Applied Economics Letters 9(1): 121-126 (2002)
The effect of endogeneity and measurement error bias on models of the risk of child stunting, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 69(1-3): 179-185 (2002)
Why is income inequality so low in China compared to other countries? The effect of household survey methods, Economics Letters 71(3): 329-333 (2001) With Jikun Huang and Scott Rozelle
Measuring chronic poverty without a panel, Journal of Development Economics 65(2): 243-266 (2001)
Literacy and intrahousehold externalities, World Development 29(1): 155-166 (2001)
A cohort analysis of household income, consumption and saving, New Zealand Economic Papers 35(2): 196-216 (2001) With Grant Scobie
Rice demand in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Economic Bulletin 16(2): 95-103 (2001)
Unobservable family effects and the apparent external benefits of education, Economics of Education Review 20(3): 225-233 (2001)
Why is job security lower for Maori and Pacific Island workers? The role of employer-provided training, New Zealand Economic Papers 35(1): 1-24 (2001) With Carolyn Watene
Do Remittances Decline? Evidence from Tuvaluan Migrants in New Zealand Pacific Economic Bulletin 16(1): 55-63 (2001) With Aunese Makoi Simati
Barriers to employment-related training in New Zealand: Differences across ethnic groups, New Zealand Journal of Industrial Relations 26(2): 227-234 (2001) With Carolyn Watene
Who's not in school? Economic barriers to universal primary education in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Economic Bulletin 15(2): 46-58 (2000)
Sheepskin effects in the returns to education in New Zealand: Do they differ by ethnic groups? New Zealand Economic Papers 34(2): 201-220 (2000)
The Papua New Guinea Household Survey, Australian Economic Review 33(4): 377-380 (2000)
Research productivity in New Zealand university economics departments: comment and update, New Zealand Economic Papers 34(1): 73-87 (2000)
The impact of growth and distribution on poverty in Papua New Guinea, Applied Economics Letters 7(8): 541-544 (2000)
Can women's education aid economic development? The effect on child stunting in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Economic Bulletin 14(2): 71-81 (1999)
Correlation versus causation and the apparent external effects of education, New Zealand Economic Papers 33(1): 51-69 (1999)
Indirect tax reform and the poor in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Economic Bulletin 13(2): 29-39 (1998)
Urban demand for food, beverages, betenut and tobacco in Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 40(2): 37-42 (1998)
Are voluntary transfers an effective safety net in urban Papua New Guinea? Pacific Economic Bulletin 13(2): 40-53 (1998). With Geua Boe-Gibson and Frank Scrimgeour
Identifying the poor for efficient targeting: results for Papua New Guinea, New Zealand Economic Papers 32(1): 1-18 (1998)
Women's education and child growth in urban Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Journal of Education33(1): 29-31 (1997)
Testing for boy-girl discrimination with household expenditure data: results for Papua New Guinea, Applied Economics Letters 4(10): 643-646 (1997)
Trade liberalisation and plant exit in New Zealand manufacturing, Review of Economics and Statistics 78(3): 521-529 (1996). With Richard Harris
Equity concern and the political economy of protection in New Zealand, Public Choice 77(2): 323-332 (1993)
Regional consequences of New Zealand industry assistance policies, New Zealand Journal of Geography 95(1): 2-6 (1993)