Sholeh Maani is a New Zealand economics academic. She is a full professor at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

Academic career

Maani is the first female Professor of Economics at the

. She is a specialist in applied microeconomics, in particular the economics of the labour market, and the

economics of education Education economics or the economics of education is the study of economic issues relating to education, including the demand for education, the financing and provision of education, and the comparative efficiency of various educational programs ...

. Sholeh has a PhD degree in

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

from the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

. After completing her PhD, titled ''A Study of Female Labor Force Participation and Fertility: A Cross-Cultural Approach'', she moved to the

, rising to full professor. Maani has held visiting scholar positions at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

and the

National Bureau of Economic Research The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is an American private nonprofit research organization "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic c ...

(NBER, U.S.), and visiting professorships at

Oxford University Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...

, the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

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, and Universities of Sydney and

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. She has served as the president of the New Zealand Association of Economists, and as a member of the

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Social Science Advisory Committee. She has made significant contributions to research and economic policy. Her work on

was influential on government policies on student loans and allowances (student aid), as part of reforms of university tuition fee policy in New Zealand in 1992. Her contributions to

applied economics Applied economics is the study as regards the application of economic theory and econometrics in specific settings. As one of the two sets of fields of economics (the other set being the ''core''), it is typically characterized by the application ...

include the life-time economic returns to education, evaluations of the New Zealand school voucher system, the impact of economic resources during childhood and adolescence on later academic achievement and earnings, and labour market outcomes for immigrants and minorities. Econometric modelling and use of longitudinal data feature prominently in her research. Selected affiliations in Maani's academic career include: *Executive Board of th
Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics
(AASLE), an inter-continental academic society, 2019–2022 *Research Fellow of th
Institute of Labor Economics
(IZA), an independent economic research institute and academic network focused on global labour market research, Bonn, Germany), 2014–present *Executive Board member of the Australian Society of Labour Economists *Founding Research Affiliate
Motu Economic and Public Policy Research
New Zealand

Selected works

*Maani, S. A. (2021) “Covid-19: Government responses to labour market disruptions and economic impacts.” Chapter 3 in ''Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis: Lessons from New Zealand''. Editors: Husted, K. and Sinkovics, R. R. Edward Elgar, U.K
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*Maani, S. A. and Wen, L. (2021) “Over-education and immigrant earnings: A penalized quantile panel regression analysis.” ''Applied Economics''. Volume 53 (24): 2771-2790.

access Access may refer to: Companies and organizations * ACCESS (Australia), an Australian youth network * Access (credit card), a former credit card in the United Kingdom * Access Co., a Japanese software company * Access Healthcare, an Indian BPO se ...

*Wang, X., Maani, S. A. and Rogers, A. (2021) “Economic network effects and immigrant earnings.” ''The Economic Record''. Volume 97 (316): 78-99
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*Wang, X. and Maani, S. A. (2021) “Ethnic regional networks and immigrants’ earnings: A spatial autoregressive network approach.” ''Papers in Regional Science''. Volume 100 (1): 141-168

*Wen, L. and Maani, S. A. (2019) “Job mismatches and career mobility.” ''Applied Economics''. Volume 51 (10): 1010-1024.

*Maani, S. A. (2018) “Policy experimentation and impact evaluation: The case of a student voucher system in New Zealand.” Chapter 7 in ''Hybrid Public Policy Innovations: Contemporary Policy Beyond Ideology''. Editors: Fabian, M. and Breunig, R. Routledge (Taylor and Francis), New York
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*Maani, S. A. (2016) “Ethnic networks and location choice of immigrants”. ''IZA World of Labor''. 1-10. IZA: Institute for Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany
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*Zuccollo, J., Maani, S., Kaye-Blake, B. and Zeng, L. (2013) ''Private Returns to Tertiary Education: How Does New Zealand Compare to the OECD?''. NZ Treasury Working Papers. no.13/10
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*Maani, S. and Cruickshank, A. (2010) “What is the effect of housework on the market wage, and can it explain the gender wage gap?”. ''Journal of Economic Surveys''. Volume 24 (3): 402-427
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*Maani, S. A. and Kalb, G. (2007) "Academic performance, childhood economic resources, and the choice to leave school at age 16." ''Economics of Education Review''. Volume 26 (3): 361-374.

*Maani, S. A. (2006) “Parental income and the choice of participation in university, polytechnic, or employment at age 18: A longitudinal study.” ''Research on Economic Inequality''. Volume 13: 217-247.

*Maani, S. A. (2004) “Why have Maori relative income levels deteriorated over time?”. ''The Economic Record''. Volume 80 (248): 101-124
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*Maani, S. (1999) ''Private and Public Returns to Investments in Secondary and Higher Education in New Zealand Over Time: 1981-1996.'' New Zealand Treasury Working Papers. no. 99/02
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*Maani, S. A. (1997) ''Investing in Minds: The Economics of Higher Education in New Zealand''. Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington: . 209 pp. *Maani, S. A. (1996) “The effect of fees on participation in higher education: A survey of OECD countries”. ''New Zealand Economic Papers''. Volume 30 (1): 55-86
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*Kask, S. B. and Maani, S. A. (1992) “Uncertainty, information, and hedonic pricing." ''Land Economics''. Volume 68 (2): 170-184
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Sholeh Maani
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