From Data to Dignity

Health and Wellbeing Indicators for New Zealanders with Intellectual Disability

Luisa Beltran-Castillon and Keith McLeod

December 2023

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What matters for wellbeing?

Estimating the relative contribution of different outcome measures to overall subjective wellbeing

Luisa Beltran-Castillon, Keith McLeod and Conal Smith

November 2021

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Produced for and with the support of Te Hiringa Mahara, The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission


He Ara Poutama mō te reo Māori

Forecasting te reo Māori Speakers in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Nicholson Consulting and Kōtātā Insight
November 2021

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Valuing Wellbeing Outcomes: Cost-wellbeing analysis of housing outcomes in the New Zealand General Social Survey

by Caitlin Davies and Conal Smith
December 2020

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The impact of multiple disadvantage on subjective wellbeing: New Zealand families

by Conal Smith, Eric Krassoi Peach, and Jacinta Cording
December 2019

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Initial specifications for a short form wellbeing outcomes survey

Scoping paper

by Bev Hong
April 2019

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Trust and total factor productivity

by Conal Smith
April 2020

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Working paper produced for and with the support of The New Zealand Productivity Commission / Te Kōmihana Whai Hua o Aotearoa


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Ngā Tamariki o Te Kupenga

by Conal Smith, Luisa Beltran-Castillon, and Atawhai Tibble
March 2020

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Produced for and with the support of Te Tāhuhu o Te Mātauranga / The Ministry of Education


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Measuring outcomes in Te Tauihu:

Wellbeing framework and indicators

by Conal Smith
September 2019

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Produced for and with the support of Wakatu Incorporation, the Te Tauihu Intergenerational Strategy Steering Group, and the wider community of Te Tauihu.


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Measuring the wellbeing impacts of public policy: social housing

by Simon Anastasiadis, Nafees Anwar, Vinay Benny, Wen Lee, Conrad MacCormick, Conal Smith, Ben Vandenbroucke
November 2018

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NZGSS User Needs:

the wellbeing agenda and the IDI

by Conal Smith
August 2018

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Monitoring Intergenerational Wellbeing:

Treasury Living Standards Dashboard

by Conal Smith
June 2018

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