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Gail Pacheco and Tim Maloney |
Does the minimum wage reduce the employment prospects of unqualified New Zealand Women |
This paper empirically estimates the employment effects resulting from changes to the adult minimum wage in New Zealand. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1999. More |
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James O Newell and Kerry L Papps |
Identifying Functional Labour Market Areas in New Zealand: A Reconnaissance Study using Travel-to-Work Data. |
To date, analysis of the spatial dimension of New Zealand labour markets has been limited to administrative, rather than appropriately-defined functional, geographic units. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/6. More |
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Kerry L Papps |
Occupational and Skill Forecasting: A Survey of Overseas Approaches with Applications for New Zealand |
Economists of various schools of thought have long differed over both the need for forecasts of employment by occupation and skill group and the ability of governments and other organisations to accurately carry this out. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/1. More |
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Kerry L Papps and Dave Mare |
The effects of occupational safety and health interventions |
This study examines the effectiveness of government legislation in reducing the incidence of workplace accidents and other health and safety risks in New Zealand. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 2000-2. More |
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Brett Parker |
Very Long-term Job Seekers’ Barriers to Employment: A Nationwide Survey |
This research note presents the results of a nation-wide survey of very long-term job seekers registered with the NZ Employment Service (NZES). Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1997:1. More |
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K Wong, D McLean, A Eng, A `t Mannetje, S Cheng, N Pearce, C Walls and E Dryson |
Health Outcomes in Former New Zealand Timber Workers Exposed To Pentachlorophenal (PCP) |
Concerns remain about chronic health problems experienced by former timber workers who were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) when it was used as an anti-sapstain fungicide treatment in saw mills. The Health Research Council, on behalf of the Department of Labour, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a research project aimed at clarifying whether the health effects were real and whether they were associated with the PCP exposure. The Centre for Public Health Research was subsequently awarded a contract to conduct: (i) an historical cohort study of mortality (deaths); and (ii) a cross-sectional morbidity survey of current health problems in a randomly selected sample of former sawmill workers from the cohort study. The latter survey included: (iii) the collection of serum samples for dioxin testing. More |
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Martin Perry |
Labour migration and internal labour markets |
This paper uses evidence collected from interviews with 50 large employers to estimate the contribution of employee relocation to regional migration. More |
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Martin Perry |
Workplace Reform and the Quality of Working Life: A Tale of Three Workplaces |
This article reviews evidence collected in three New Zealand workplaces: BHP New Zealand Steel; Du Pont Peroxide; and Interlock Industries. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More |
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James O Newell and Martin Perry |
Functional Labour Markets Revealed by Travel to Work data 1991 and 2001 |
Regional labour market analysis is ideally based on functional rather than administrative areas. Travel-to-work data obtained from the 1991 and 2001 Census are used to define a set of functional labour markets for New Zealand. More |
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Martin Perry, C Massey and F Lamm |
How Health and Safety Makes Good Business Sense - A Summary of Research Findings |
The department commissioned this research to investigate whether investment in health and safety positively affects business performance and productivity. More |
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Anna Strutt, Jacques Poot and Jason Dubbeldam |
International Trade Negotiations and the Trans-Border Movement of People: A Review of the Literature |
This report reviews the international and New Zealand literatures on the interaction between enhancing cross-border trade and investment, through negotiations and agreements, and international migration. More |
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Nan Wehipeihana and Rebekah Pratt |
A focus on employment retention |
A meta-analysis of three pilot programmes designed to support benefit recipients to take up and retain employment. More |
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Roopali Johri, Marc de Boer, Heide Pusch, Sankar Ramasamy and K Wong |
Evidence to date on the working and effectiveness of ALMPs in New Zealand |
ALMPs are intervention programmes and policies that actively assist people into employment. This report summarises the evidence from recent New Zealand employment programme evaluations, compares the New Zealand results to available international evidence on similar programmes, and identifies gaps in our knowledge. More |
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