An investigation of regional income and employment multipliers in forest based industries in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey University

dc.contributor.authorAldwell, Patrick Hauiti Bleriot
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-17T21:09:26Z
dc.date.available2017-05-17T21:09:26Z
dc.date.issued1980
dc.descriptionPage 124 is missing from original copy.en_US
dc.description.abstractIncome and employment multipliers are used to estimate the likely impact of forest-based industries in four regions of New Zealand: Northland, Rotorua, Westland, and Otago. The results obtained for each region are used to determine the variability of multipliers from one region to another and to evaluate the loss of potential income and employment as a consequence of leakage effects. Regional income multipliers are calculated using the Keynesian model while regional employment multipliers are calculated using an ad hoc model designed to take into consideration the influences of regional variations in under-employment. The data for the study were obtained from a questionnaire survey of sector plants and employees in each study region. Where appropriate supporting data were derived from published statistics. Estimated values for the calculated multipliers fall between 1.20 and 1.80. These figures suggest that the leakage factor resulting from high regional imports, taxation, and unspent profits may be larger than previously believed. It is also concluded that regional income and employment multipliers vary from one region to another for a wide variety of reasons, many of which relate to plant characteristics rather than to regional characteristics. For this reason it may be more appropriate to calculate multipliers for individual plants in the regional context rather than regional multipliers based on the combined and multivariate impacts of a group of plants.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/11002
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectNew Zealanden_US
dc.subjectForest products industryen_US
dc.subjectLabour supplyen_US
dc.subjectMultiplier (Economics)en_US
dc.subjectAfforestationen_US
dc.titleAn investigation of regional income and employment multipliers in forest based industries in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Geography at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorAldwell, Patrick Hauiti Blerioten_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGeographyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
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