Gail Pacheco Explained

Birth Name:	Gail Anne Pacheco
Fields:	economics
Workplaces:	Auckland University of Technology
Alma Mater:	University of Auckland
Thesis1 Title:	Minimum wage in New Zealand : an empirical enquiry
Thesis1 Url:	https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/52093
Thesis1 Year:	2007

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]

Academic career

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

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

Selected works

• Knechel, W. Robert, Vic Naiker, and Gail Pacheco. "Does auditor industry specialization matter? Evidence from market reaction to auditor switches." 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Gail Pacheco – AUT. www.aut.ac.nz.
2. News: New leadership announced for Human Rights Commission . 19 August 2024 . . 17 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240817062121/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525363/new-leadership-announced-for-human-rights-commission . 17 August 2024.
3. Pacheco . Gail . 2007 . Doctoral thesis . Minimum wage in New Zealand : an empirical enquiry . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/52093.
4. Web site: The parent pay chasm: how the gender pay gap widens among those with kids. 29 May 2018.
5. News: AUT study classes 150,000 Kiwis as 'vulnerable transient' . Sarah . Harris . 7 February 2018 . The New Zealand Herald.
6. News: Mothers take 4.4% wage cut to have a baby, research reveals . Simon . Collins . 28 May 2018. The New Zealand Herald.
7. Web site: MercatorNet: New Zealand's prime minister, her baby, and the stay-at-home dad. 15 June 2018 .
8. Web site: How parenthood continues to cost women more than men. Gail. Pacheco.
9. Web site: Research of the gender pay gap in New Zealand. women.govt.nz. 27 February 2017 . en. 13 October 2018.
10. Web site: Parenthood and labour market outcomes. women.govt.nz. 29 May 2018 . en. 13 October 2018.