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Dr Ganesh Nana and Kel Sanderson |
Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes |
This paper investigates the labour market outcomes of migrants to New Zealand. Labour market outcomes such as income, source of income, labour force status and occupation are included. The study uses data from the 1981, 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses. More |
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Rob Hodgson, Dr Ganesh Nana and Kel Sanderson |
Economic Impacts of Immigration: Scenarios using a Computable General Equilibrium Model of the New Zealand Economy |
This study reports on simulations of the economy-wide impact of immigration into New Zealand. Different levels, compositions and other assumptions are tested. More |
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Meenakshi Sankar and K Wong |
Factors that help/hinder community economic development: Emerging learnings from CEDAR |
The Community Economic Development Action Research Project (CEDAR) was designed to identify factors that contribute to successful community economic development. More |
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Meenakshi Sankar and Dr Roberta Hill |
Connecting policy, research and practice: What does it mean in practice? |
This paper discusses a case study-based methodology for evaluation and policy development within the Department of Labour. The paper was presented at the 10th Conference on Labour, Employment and Work in New Zealand, 21-22 November, 2002. More |
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Meenakshi Sankar, Robyn Bailey and Bob Williams |
Doing Action Research |
This paper discusses experiences in doing action research and shares some methodological insights with other practitioners. |
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Meenakshi Sankar |
Government-community engagement - Key learning and emerging principles |
This paper documents researchers'' experiences in engaging with communities and shares these experiences with other practitioners and the wider stakeholder community. |
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Simon Chapple and John Savage |
The Economic Effects of Industrial Relations Systems: A Literature Review |
This report reviews recent international research on the economic effects of alternative industrial relations systems. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1995/1. More |
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John Savage |
Recession, Recovery and the Labour Market - The OECD Experience |
This report focuses on the labour market experience of Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1990/2. More |
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Phillipa Shorland |
People on the Move: A study of migrant movement patterns to and from New Zealand |
This report examines migrants’ movement patterns into and out of New Zealand and explores characteristics of those who spend lengthy periods out of the country. More |
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Phillipa Shorland |
Migrant and Refugee Youth in New Zealand: Statistical Profile, 1996 to 2007 |
This report written by Philippa Shorland builds a profile of migrant and refugee youth (people aged 12 to 24 years) in New Zealand by analysing immigration approval data (1998 to 2007) and Census of Population and Dwellings (census) data (1996, 2001, and 2006). Data is reported separately for two age groups: 12-17-year-olds (school age) and 18-24-year-olds (post school age). More |
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Simmers and Associates Limited |
An Evaluation of Health and Safety Management Practices in the Hairdressing Industry |
Hairdressing poses significant risks of musculoskeletal disorders and dermatitis for Hairdressers. The causes of this are largely known; however, ways to prevent this harm exist but are not so well known. By making changes in work techniques and practices and adopting an ethos of “We Care” for our members, the industry can largely eliminate, for new entrants, and reduce for existing hairdressers, this risk. More |
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Mike Lewis and Derek Stannard |
Risk Evaluation of Dioxin Exposure to Workers at Dow AgroSciences, New Plymouth |
This report attempts to evaluate the risks of dioxin exposure to workers at the Dow AgroSciences, New Plymouth from current site activities. It is primarily concerned with potential routes for exposure to current workers but does not seek to quantify the associated levels of risk. More |
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Department of Labour and Statistics NZ |
New Zealand Injury Data Review |
The New Zealand Injury Data Review report presents the results of a review of injury data that developed solutions to some current problems with the range, quality and availability of injury information. More |
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Sally Steedman |
Aspirations of rurally disadvantaged Maori youth for their transition from secondary school to further education or training and work |
This research project involved a case study of one community to investigate the aspirations towards education, training programmes, paid work and career amongst rural Maori youth. More |
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James Stewart |
A Summary of the Results of a Survey of Unemployed Workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs Travel To Work Area |
This article considers the attitudes of a small sample of unemployed people towards the characteristics of potential jobs, how they search for jobs, and which of their own attributes they perceive may be relevant to getting a job. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1998: 1&2. More |
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Frances Butcher and Andrew Stewart-Loughnan |
Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: a stock-take of current practice |
The stock-take of New Zealand’s one hundred largest employers showing levels, quality and principles of health and safety and employment relations reporting through annual reports. More |
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Dean Hyslop and Steven Stillman |
Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market |
This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. More |
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Dave Mare, Steven Stillman and Melanie Morten |
Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand |
As part of the Economic Impacts of Immigration working paper series, this research evaluates what draws migrants to live in particular areas and how these patterns of settlement have changed over time. More |
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Steven Stillman |
Trends in Youth Activity in New Zealand from 1985-2004 |
Limited information is currently available on youth activity in New Zealand. This paper uses data primarily from the Household Economic Survey (HES) to provide a comprehensive picture of the activities undertaken by New Zealand youth during this transition to adulthood from 1985 to 2004. More |
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Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders |
This research estimates the impact of inflows of recent immigrants on the wages and employment of earlier migrants, the New Zealand-born workers, and recent migrants themselves. More |
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Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand |
This research uses data from the 1997 – 2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the path of economic outcomes of immigrants in New Zealand. More |
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Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand |
This paper investigates the relationship between changes in population size and housing sale prices and rents in local areas. Population change is broken down into new immigrants, New Zealanders returning from abroad and New Zealanders and previous immigrants moving from other regions within New Zealand. Data is combined from the 1986 to 2006 censuses, Quotable Value New Zealand and the Department of Building and Housing. |
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Paul Merwood, Asif Quazi, Claire Harkess, Rob Hodgson, Penny Stock, Manuila Tausi and Jason Zhao |
Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08 |
The Migration Trends and Outlook report is the eighth in an annual series and provides an overview of immigration trends for the 2007/08 financial year. The report is used by the Department to inform immigration policy, marketing strategies and settlement services, and is a useful resource to government departments and the wider public. 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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Alison Gray and Alison Sutton |
The Workplace Literacy Fund |
This is a review of the Workplace Literacy Fund (funded and administered by the Tertiary Education Committee (TEC)) which subsidises literacy, language and numeracy programmes in the workplace. The review looks at programmes that were funded in 2006. More |
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John Benseman and Alison Sutton |
A synthesis of foundation learning evaluation and research in New Zealand since 2003 |
This synthesis provides an overview of research and evaluation information drawn from all recent New Zealand adult literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) initiatives. The report was commissioned by the Department of Labour to inform the Upskilling Partnership project, which is researching approaches to engage employers in workplace literacy, language and numeracy programmes, to help raise their productivity. More |
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