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Kerry L Papps

Occupational and Skill Forecasting: A Survey of Overseas Approaches with Applications for New Zealand
January, 2001

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

Department of Labour

Workforce 2010
March, 2001

A document to inform public debate on the future of the labour market in New Zealand. More

James O Newell

Scoping Regional Migration and its Interaction with Labour Markets in New Zealand
March, 2001

This paper presents the results of a scoping study into research issues associated with New Zealand regional migration and its interaction with local labour markets. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/2. More

Paul Callister

A Polarisation into Work-rich and Work-poor Households in New Zealand? Trends from 1986 to 2000
April, 2001

Analysis of labour market shifts based only on individuals disguises important aspects of employment change. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/3. More

Occupational Safety and Health Service and Ministry of Economic Development

The Costs and Benefits of Complying with the HSE Act, 1992
May, 2001

The business sector has expressed ongoing concern that the Health and Safety in Employment Act, 1992 (the HSE Act) is imposing unnecessary and/or excessive costs, particularly on small-to-medium sized companies. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/4. More

NZ Immigration Service

Work Permits and Residence Qualitative Research
May, 2001

The objective of this research was to develop a better understanding of the mechanics of the onshore residence market by identifying some of the personal factors driving work and residence permit applications. More

NZ Immigration Service

The Immigration Consulting Industry in New Zealand
July, 2001

The purpose of this research was to describe aspects of the New Zealand immigration consulting industry. More

NZ Immigration Service

Work Visas and Permits Research
August, 2001

The objective of this research was to document some of the characteristics of New Zealand’s work permit policy and its links with residence. More

Paul Callister and Sylvia Dixon

New Zealanders'' Working Time and Home Work Patterns: Evidence from the New Zealand Time Use Survey
August, 2001

This report uses data from the New Zealand Time Use Survey 1998/99 to analyse the timing and location of paid work. Full report. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/5. More

Department of Labour and Ministry of Social Development

Evaluating the Feb 1999 Domestic Purposes Benefit & Widows Benefit Reforms
November, 2001

This paper reports on the findings of the evaluation and monitoring strategy that focused on policy reforms for Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) and Widows Benefit (WB) recipients, effective from 1 February 1999. More

James O Newell and Kerry L Papps

Identifying Functional Labour Market Areas in New Zealand: A Reconnaissance Study using Travel-to-Work Data.
December, 2001

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