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Philippa Yasbek |
The business case for firm-level work-life balance policies: a review of the literature |
This paper reviews the international and New Zealand literature on the business case for adopting work-life balance policies. 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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Tim Maloney |
Evolving educational expectations for New Zealand youth: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study |
This research examines the formation of young people’s educational attainment expectations. It describes the changes that occur in these expectations as young people mature. More |
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Tim Maloney |
Isolating the scarring effects associated with the economic inactivity of youth in New Zealand: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study |
The study estimates the potential scarring effects associated with early economic inactivity of young people in New Zealand. The term ‘scarring’ refers to the effects of this early economic inactivity on subsequent labour market outcomes. More |
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Tim Maloney |
The effects of in-school and in-tertiary employment on academic achievement and labour market transitions: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study |
This study investigates the effects of working for pay on the lives of young people who are in school or tertiary study, using data from the Christchurch Health and Development Study. More |
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Colmar Brunton |
Health & Safety Employee Participation |
Research into Employee Participation in the ongoing processes for the improvement of health and safety in their workplace. More |
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Business and Economic Research Ltd - BERL |
Fiscal Impacts of Migrants to New Zealand |
An exploratory study in 1997/98 followed by a further study of the fiscal impact of migrants to New Zealand for the 2001/2002 fiscal year. More |
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Stephen Dunstan, Sharon Boyd and Sarah Crichton |
Migrants'' Experiences of New Zealand |
Pilot Survey report for Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) More |
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Department of Labour |
Working safely for your community: health and safety guidelines for community and voluntary organisations |
This report is an evaluation in of the effectiveness of a booklet for community and voluntary organisations about coverage of volunteers in the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act 2002. More |
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Te Haeata Education and Training |
Demand-side factors in adult foundation learning programmes - A review of international literature |
This is a review of international literature on foundation learning programmes (literacy, numeracy and language) focusing on the demand-side barriers affecting the provision and take-up of programmes. The review outlines the factors affecting employers’ provision of such programmes as well as the participation of adult learners. It also looks at government policies which address those factors. More |
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Web Research |
Report of Exploratory Case Study Research Into Precarious Employment |
This paper reports on case study research into non-standard employment in four industries (cleaning, call centres, construction labour hire and fish processing), and investigates the factors that contribute to employment being experienced as “precarious”. More |
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Sholeh Maani and Tim Maloney |
Returns to post-school qualifications: New evidence based on the HLFS Income Supplement (1997-2002) |
This study provides new evidence on the returns to post-school qualifications in New Zealand, using data from the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) Income Supplements 1997-2002. More |
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Sylvia Dixon |
Understanding reductions in the gender wage differential 1997-2003 |
An analysis of recent developments affecting the gender pay gap. This paper was presented at the NZ conference on pay and employment equity for women. 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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Judith Davey and Sally Keeling |
Combining Work and Eldercare: a study of employees in two City Councils who provide informal care for older people |
This research project involved the workforce of two city councils - Wellington and Christchurch - to investigate the relationship between paid work and eldercare responsibilities More |
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Simon Milne, David Mason, Elizabeth Roberts, Caroline Nodder, Jovo Ateljevic and Ann Cameron |
NZ Accommodation Providers: Impact of Technology on Labour |
This research project looked at how the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) is affecting the use of, and demand for labour in the accommodation industry. 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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Department of Labour |
Falls Prevention in Construction |
Fall hazards are the construction industry''s main cause of death from traumatic injuries. They are also its second largest cause of non- fatal injuries to construction workers. |
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Paul Callister |
The future of work within households: Understanding household-level changes in the distribution of hours of paid work |
This research project looks at the changes in working hours by household from 1986 to 2001. More |
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