Dr. Erwin is an applied microeconomist and Fellow with Koi Tū Centre for Informed Futures. His research areas focus primarily on education, the labor market, and measuring equity. Ongoing research examines immigration and the labor market returns to literacy and numeracy skills, criminal/victim interactions, and the returns to different aspects of work experience (e.g., employer tenure, industry tenure, employment continuity, job mobility, firm sorting). Dr. Erwin holds a Research Assistant professorship at the University of New Mexico's Department of Sociology and Criminology and volunteers with Auckland Land Search and Rescue.