Gail Pacheco is a New Zealand economics academic. She is currently a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology.[1] In August 2024, Pachecho was appointed as the Human Rights Commission's equal employment opportunities commissioner.[2]

Gail Pacheco
Born
Gail Anne Pacheco
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Scientific career
Fieldseconomics
InstitutionsAuckland University of Technology
Thesis

Academic career

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After a 2007 PhD at titled 'Minimum wage in New Zealand: an empirical enquiry' at the University of Auckland,[3] she moved to the Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor.[1]

Pacheco's work on family incomes and gender pay has been widely reported on.[4][5][6][7][8]

Community work

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In August 2024, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith appointed Pacheco as the Human Rights Commission's equal employment opportunities commissioner.[2]

Selected works

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  • Knechel, W. Robert, Vic Naiker, and Gail Pacheco. "Does auditor industry specialization matter? Evidence from market reaction to auditor switches." Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 26, no. 1 (2007): 19–45.
  • Van Der Westhuizen, De Wet, Gail Pacheco, and Don J. Webber. "Culture, participative decision making and job satisfaction." The International Journal of Human Resource Management 23, no. 13 (2012): 2661–2679.
  • Fargher, Scott, Stefan Kesting, Thomas Lange, and Gail Pacheco. "Cultural heritage and job satisfaction in Eastern and Western Europe." International Journal of Manpower 29, no. 7 (2008): 630–650.
  • Pacheco, Gail, Li, Chao and Cochrane, Bill, "Empirical evidence of the gender pay gap in New Zealand." Ministry for Women (2017).[9]
  • Dr Isabelle Sin, Dr Kabir Dasgupta and Professor Gail Pacheco "Parenthood and labour market outcomes" Ministry for Women (2018).[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Professor Gail Pacheco – AUT". www.aut.ac.nz.
  2. ^ a b "New leadership announced for Human Rights Commission". RNZ. 17 August 2024. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ Pacheco, Gail (2007). Minimum wage in New Zealand : an empirical enquiry (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/52093.
  4. ^ "The parent pay chasm: how the gender pay gap widens among those with kids". 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ Harris, Sarah (7 February 2018). "AUT study classes 150,000 Kiwis as 'vulnerable transient'". The New Zealand Herald.
  6. ^ Collins, Simon (28 May 2018). "Mothers take 4.4% wage cut to have a baby, research reveals". The New Zealand Herald.
  7. ^ "MercatorNet: New Zealand's prime minister, her baby, and the stay-at-home dad". 15 June 2018.
  8. ^ Pacheco, Gail. "How parenthood continues to cost women more than men".
  9. ^ "Research of the gender pay gap in New Zealand". women.govt.nz. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Parenthood and labour market outcomes". women.govt.nz. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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