Webinar: Immigration by the Numbers

Who migrates to New Zealand, and what skills do they bring? How do migration trends in New Zealand compare with the rest of the world? The Immigration by the numbers publication presents the immigration trends and quantitative analysis to both inform the Productivity Commission’s recent immigration inquiry, and create the basis for an informed public debate on migration and the New Zealand economy.

The underlying report (and associated material) can be found here.

Dr Philip Stevens is the Director, Economics & Research at the New Zealand Productivity Commission | Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa, and a GEN Board member.

Philip is an economist with twenty-years’ experience of economic and social research in the university, independent and public sectors. He joined Prod Com from the Ministry of Education, where he was GM Analysis, Research & Evaluation | Po­­ārahi Wananga Matua. Prior to that he held a similar role at MBIE, as well as Manager and Chief Advisor of Economic Strategy in MBIE and MED­. Before coming to New Zealand, Philip was a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Economic and Social research in London.

Philip has published in leading peer-reviewed international journals on subjects such as: productivity analysis; employment; competition; evaluation; the measurement of performance in the public sector; broadband; R&D and human capital. He has a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Oxford, a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Leeds, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Public Policy from Leeds Metropolitan University (First Class).