AUT - Gail Pacheco

Associate professor Gail Pacheco

Associate Professor in Economics

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 – ext: 5708

Email: gail.pacheco@aut.ac.nz

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• Master of Commerce (Hons) First Class Honours in Economics.
• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) First Class Honours in Economics and Marketing.

Memberships and Affiliations:

National Council Member of New Zealand Association of Economists

Leader of the Labour Market Research Group with the New Zealand Work Research Institute

Teaching Areas:

• Applied econometrics
• Introduction to econometrics
• Human Resource economics
• Microeconomics

Research areas:

• Impacts of raising the minimum wage.
• Quality of life
• Applied Economics
• Determinants of job satisfaction / life satisfaction

Research Summary:

Current Research Projects:

• Health Economics
• Impact of the minimum wage
• Development Economics
• Job satisfaction research

Publications:

• Pacheco, G., Hedges, M., Schilling, C. & Morton, S. (2013) “Pre and post natal drivers of childhood intelligence: Evidence from Singapore” Journal of Biosocial Science, 45(1) 41-56.
• Pacheco, G., Rossouw, S. and Lewer, J. (2013) “Do Non-Economic Quality of Life Factors Drive Immigration?”, Social Indicators Research, 110(1), 1-15.
• Dye, J., Rossouw, S. and Pacheco, G. (2012) “Well-being of women in New Zealand: The changing landscape”, New Zealand Economic Papers, 46(3), 273-302.
• Maloney, T. and Pacheco, G. (2012) “Assessing the Possible Antipoverty Effects of Recent Rises in Age-Specific Minimum Wages in New Zealand”, Review of Income and Wealth, 58(4), 648-674.
• Kumar, S. and Pacheco, G. (2012) “What determines long term growth rates in Kenya”, Journal of Policy Modeling, 34(5), 705-718.
• Van der Westhuizen, D., Pacheco, G., and Webber, D. (2012) “Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction”, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(13), 2661-2679.
• Rossouw, S. and Pacheco, G. (2012) “Measuring Non-Economic Quality of Life on a Sub-National Level: A case study of New Zealand”, Journal of Happiness Studies, 13(3), 439-454.
• Pacheco, G. (2011) “Estimating employment impacts with binding minimum wage constraints”, The Economic Record 87(279), 587-602.
• Maloney, T. And Pacheco, G. (2010) “Interpreting changes in minimum wage incidence rates”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 13(3), 219-240
• Pacheco, G. and Lange, T. (2010) “Political Participation and Life Satisfaction: A Cross-European Analysis”, International Journal of Social Economics 37(10), 686-702
• Lange, T., Pacheco, G. And Shrotryia, V. (2010) “Culture, Industrialisation and Multiple Domains of Workers’ Job Satisfaction: A Local Case of HR Strategy Redesign in India”, International Journal of Human Resource Management 21(13), 2438-2451
• Pacheco, G. (2009) “Revisiting the link between minimum wage and wage inequality: Empirical evidence from New Zealand”, Economics Letters 105(3), 336-339
• Pacheco, G. (2009) “What are Minimum and Sub-minimum wage workers?”, International Journal of Manpower 30(6), 529-548
• Fargher, S., Lange, T., and Pacheco, G. (2009) “The Economic Psychology of Subjective Well-Being: Latent Variable Modelling with Hedonic and Eudaimonic Moderators”, Empirical Economics Letters 8(1), 1-8
• Fargher, S., Kesting, S., Lange, T. and Pacheco, G. (2008) “Cultural Heritage and Job Satisfaction in Eastern and Western Europe”, International Journal of Manpower 29(7), 630-650
• Fitzgerald, J., Maloney, T. and Pacheco, G. (2008) “The Impact of Recent Changes in Family Assistance on Partnering and Women’s Employment in New Zealand”, New Zealand Economic Papers 42(1), 17-57
• Pacheco, G. (2008) “The Changing Role of Minimum Wage in New Zealand”, New Zealand Journal of Employment Relations 32(3), 2-17
• Knechel, R., Naiker, V. and Pacheco, G. (2007) “Does Auditor Industry Specialisation Matter? Evidence from Market Reaction to Auditor Switches”, Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 26(1), 19-45
• Pacheco, G. and Cruickshank, A. (2007) “Minimum Wage Effects on Educational Enrolments in New Zealand”, Economics of Education Review 26(5), 574-587
• Pacheco, G. and Naiker, V. (2006) “Impact of the minimum wage on expected profits”, International Review of Applied Economics 20(4), 469-490
• Pacheco, G. and Maloney, T. (2003) “Are the Determinants of Intergenerational Welfare Dependency Gender-Specific”, Australian Journal of Labour Economics 6(3), 371-382
• Maloney, T., Maani, S. and Pacheco, G. (2003) “Intergenerational welfare participation in New Zealand”, Australian Economic Papers 42(3), 346-362
• Pacheco, G., and Maloney, T. (1999) “Does the Minimum Wage Reduce the Employment Prospects of Unqualified New Zealand Women”, New Zealand Journal of Labour Market Research 1, 51-69
  
  
  
  

Awards:

• 2011     2010 Award for Best Research Team from Auckland University of Technology’s Business    Faculty   for ‘outstanding research performance’
• 2010    Best Paper Award – 6th Annual GABER Conference, New York, U.S.
• 2009    Dean’s Award – Student Centred Learning – Excellence in Teaching
• 2008    Emerging Researcher Award (Auckland University of Technology Business School)
• 2007    Nominated for Best Doctoral Thesis – University of Auckland Business School
• 2005    Best Economics Conference Presentation – NERA Consulting: PhD Conference in Business and Economics, Perth, Australia