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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
November, 2009

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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Injury Prevention Research Unit Otago University

Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture
October, 2009

This report presents an overview of the findings of the national study of effective occupational health interventions in agriculture conducted between January 2007 and January 2009. More

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Erling Rasmussen

Employee Awareness and Attitudes - A Pilot Survey
November, 1996

This article presents the results of a survey of private sector employees in the Auckland area. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More

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Colmar Brunton

Employer and Employee Perceptions of OSH Investigation Processes
October, 2003

This research was commissioned to report on workplace participants perceptions of their interactions with OSH. The four objectives of the research were to identify key satisfaction dimensions, satisfaction on the dimensions, how satisfaction varies across event types (accident or complaint) and type of response (category A/B or limited response), and to identify ways OSH could improve its interactions. More

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Karen Johns

Employment and Training Policies for People with Disabilities: A Literature Review
May, 1991

Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1991/1. More

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National Research Bureau Ltd

Employment Issues Survey 1988
November, 1989

Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1989/4. More

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Bernard Woodhams

Employment Relationship Problems: Costs, Benefits and Choices
August, 2007

This report presents key findings from recent Department of Labour research on employment relationship problems (ERPs), and the processes for resolving them.

The research included surveys of the public and private sectors, and qualitative case studies of individual ERPs.
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Rhema Vaithianathan

Equality: Outcomes or Opportunities? A Review of the Literature
August, 1995

This paper examines the concepts of equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes, with particular attention to the application of these concepts in labour market policy debates. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1995/2. More

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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

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Centre for Research on Work, Education & Business

Evaluation of ACC Reforms: Case Study Research
October, 1999

Three reports summarising the findings of case study research into the impacts of reforms to the accident compensation system on organisations’ workplace health and safety policies and practices. More

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Tony Waldegrave, Diane Anderson and K Wong

Evaluation of the Short-Term Impacts of the Employment Relations Act 2000
November, 2003

This is the main Department of Labour report of the Evaluation of the Employment Relations Act. This paper integrates findings of a range of research projects with employers, employees and unions. 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
September, 2004

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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Tim Maloney

Evolving educational expectations for New Zealand youth: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study
February, 2004

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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Dave Mare

Examining Labour Market Outcomes for Maori
November, 1995

This research note concentrates on the contribution of factors such as population and education differences in determining observed differences in labour market experiences for Maori and non-Maori. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1995:1. More

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Jane Higgins and Paul Dalziel

Experience and suitability of job applicants: Two policy issues from a survey of employers
March, 2002

This research note discusses the results of a survey of Christchurch employers, and the policy issues raised. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 2000-2. More

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Forsyte Research

Experiences of Recent Business Migrants in New Zealand
September, 1998

The main objectives of the project were to examine the expectations and intentions of business migrants regarding business and investment in New Zealand and to investigate their experiences since arrival. More

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Simon Chapple

Explaining patterns of disparity between Maori and non-Maori employment chances
December, 2000

This research note considers the causes of the time series pattern of employment rate disparity between Maori and non-Maori. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1999. More

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