Dr Christopher Ball
Senior Adviser, Economics Directorate
Biography
Chris is a Senior Adviser in the Research and Analytics team in the Economics Department.
Dr. Christopher Ball is a labour economist and a leading researcher. His research interests include the impacts of job transitions and on-the-job search, applying machine learning and nowcasting techniques to labour market data, and developing high-frequency price and wage indices.
Email: [email protected]
Recent publications
- Developing and publishing the Employment Stocks and Flows Series (ESFS) with Stats NZ: https://www.stats.govt.nz/experimental/employment-stocks-and-flows-series/
- Developing the New Zealand Activity Index and Regional Activity Index with Treasury and Stats NZ: https://www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/new-zealand-activity-index and https://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/research-and-commentary/regional-activity-indices
- Ball, C, Kido, Y, Kothari, S, Nolan, G and Zheng, G (2022) “What Matters for Job Finding and Separation in the long-run?” Reserve Bank of New Zealand Discussion Paper, September 2022, DP2022-02
- Ball, C, Kido, Y, Kothari, S, Nolan, G and Zheng, G (2022) “What Matters for Job Finding and Separation in the long-run?” IMF Working Paper, September 2022, Vol 2022, Issue 172, page 29
- Ball, C, Richardson, A and Zheng, G (2022) “Ethnic variations in firm financing” Reserve Bank of New Zealand Analytical Note, August 2022, AN2022/11