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Associate Professor Sholeh Maani
Associate Professor
Department:
Address:Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland
Faculty:Business & Economics
Phone: +64 9 373 7599 Ext. 87346
Email: s.maani@auckland.ac.nz
Web Page: http://homes.eco.auckland.ac.nz/smaa003/html/

Sholeh is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Auckland, and a specialist on the economics of the labour market.
Her researched and published work include human capital and wage determination, returns to education, and participation in higher education, income distribution, Maori education, health and housing, intergenerational economic effects, and economic consequences of immigration. As a specialist in economics of education and labour markets, she is engaged in international research collaborations and serves as a research advisor on labour market research and policy in New Zealand and overseas.
Sholeh has an ongoing interest in the economics of higher education, and is the author of ‘Investing in Minds: The Economics of Higher Education in New Zealand’ (Institute of Policy Studies). Her current research is on labour market outcomes of increased education, and the economic consequences of skilled immigration. She has served as a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Social Science Advisory Committee, and as the President of the New Zealand Association of Economists. She served as the Deputy Head of the Economics Department, University of Auckland through 2008 and 2009. Sholeh has a PhD from the University of Illinois. She is Editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Economics.
Curriculum Vitae
Special Interests:
1. Economics of Labour Markets and Labour Market Policy
2. Economics of Education
3. Economics of Immigration
4. Income Distribution
5. Health and Housing
Selected Publications:
Refereed Journal Articles
2009 MAANI, S.,  CRUICKSHANK, A.,  ‘What is the Effect of Housework on the market Wage, and Can it Explain the Gender Wage Gap?‘, Journal of Economic Surveys, forthcoming (October 28 online publication date), 26 pp.
2007 MAANI, S.,  KALB, G.,  ‘Academic Performance, Childhood Economic Resources, and the Choice to Leave School at Age Sixteen‘, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 26(2), 2007.
2007 KALB, G.,  MAANI, S.,  ‘The Importance of Observing Early School Leaving, and Usually Unobserved Background and Peer Characteristics in Analysing Academic Performance‘, Melbourne Institute Working Papers, No. 5/2007, University of Melbourne, 2007, 28 pp.
2006 MAANI, S.,  KALB, G.,  ‘Academic Performance and Early School Leaving Before and After National Examinations‘, 18th Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists, (EALE 2006), Prague, 21-23 September 2006, 41pp.
2006 MAANI, S.,  VAITHIANATHAN, R.,  WOLFE, B.,  ‘Income Inequality and Health: Is Housing Crowding the Link?‘, Motu Working Paper Series, MOTU (Economic Research and Public Policy), Wellington, New Zealand, 2006 (Also available as Working Paper, LaFollette School of Public Policy, University of Wisconsin, 2007), 24pp.
2006 MAANI, S.,  ‘Parental Income and the Choice of Participation in University, Polytechnic, or Employment at Age 18: A Longitudinal Study‘, Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 13, 2006, Elsevier, pp 217-247.
2004 MAANI, S.,  MALONEY, T.,  ‘Returns to Post-School Qualifications from the HLFS Income Supplement (1997-2002)‘, Research Report to the Labour Market Policy Group, New Zealand Department of Labour, 28/06/2004, 67pp.
2004 MAANI, S.,  ‘Why Have Maori Relative Income Levels Deteriorated Over Time?‘, The Economic Record, Vol 80 (248), March, 2004, pp 100-123.
2003 MALONEY, T.,  MAANI, S.,  PACHECO, G.,  ‘Intergenerational Welfare Participation in New Zealand‘, Australian Economic Papers, Vol. 42(3), 2003, pp 346-362.
2002 MAANI, S.,  ‘Education and Maori Relative Income Levels Over Time: The Mediating Effect of Occupation, Industry, Hours of Work and Locality‘, Research Commissioned by the NZ Treasury, Also available as NZ Treasury Working Paper, (No. 17/2002), 47 pp.
2002 MAANI, S.,  ‘Invited entry on “Economics of Work Effort”, in Peter Earl and Simon Kemp (eds)‘, The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., London, pp 626-632.
2002 MAANI, S.,  ‘Invited entry on “Labour Supply”, in Peter Earl and Simon Kemp (eds), The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology‘, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., London, pp 353-358.
2001 MAANI, S.,  ‘Welfare Regimes and the Experience of Unemployment in Europe‘, International Journal of Social Economics, (invited review), Vol. 28 (8), PP 681-684.
2000 MAANI, S.,  ‘School Leaving, Labour Supply and Tertiary Education Choices of Young Adults: An Economic Analysis Utilising the Christchurch Health and Development Surveys, (No. 3/2000)‘, Research commissioned by the New Zealand Treasury, also avaialble as NZ Treasury Working Paper (2000/No. 3), 56 pp.
2000 MAANI, S.,  ‘The Economic Implications of Tertiary Fee Rises in Relation to Student Welfare and Policy Environment‘, The Economic Implications of Tertiary Fee Rises in Relation to Student Welfare and Policy Environment, Report to the University of Auckland Council, July, 50 pp.
1996 MAANI, S.,  ‘Private and Social Rates of Return to Secondary and Higher Education in New Zealand: Evidence from the 1991 Census‘, Australian Economic Review No. 113, 1st Quarter, 82-100.
1996 MAANI, S.,  ‘The Effect of Fees on Participation in Higher Education: A Survey of OECD Countries‘, New Zealand Economic Papers Vol. 30(1), June, pp 55-86.
1992 KASK, S.,  MAANI, S.,  ‘Uncertainty, Information, and Hedonic Pricing‘, Land Economics, Vol. 68 (2), 170-184.
1991 MAANI, S.,  KASK, S.,  ‘Risk and Information: A Hedonic Price Study in the New Zealand Housing Market‘, The Economic Record, Vol. 67, pp227-36.
1986 MAANI, S.,  STUDENMUND, A.,  ‘The Critical Wage, Unemployment Duration and Wage Expectations: the Case of Chile‘, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 39(2), 1986, PP 264-276.
Books
1997 MAANI, S.,  ‘Investing in Minds: The Economics of Higher Education in New Zealand‘, Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington, New Zealand, 207.