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Wage Growth March, 2012 |
Examines wage growth measures for the latest quarter from the Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey. | |
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What drive the decline in the participation rate in the Household Labour Force Survey over the March 2009 quarter? May, 2009 |
This note provides analysis of the March 2009 quarter Household Labour Force Survey’s surprising results. | Department of Labour |
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What is Community Development? December, 1999 |
There has been something of a trend internationally towards development at a community level, involving "bottom-up", community-generated solutions to intractable economic and social problems, rather than the application of "one size fits all", "top-down" policies and initiatives from central government. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1999/7. | Marie France |
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Who hires older workers? A first look at industry variations in the recruitment of mature workers January, 2009 |
Sylvia Dixon | |
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Who Left, Who Returned and Who Was Still Away? November, 2012 |
The report Who Left, Who Returned and Who Was Still Away? examines the overseas migration patterns of New Zealand’s tertiary graduates. The report improves our understanding of how graduate emigration affects the stock of skills available to New Zealand’s economy. | Tas Papadopoulos |
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Why are men more affected by labour market downturns? December, 2009 |
The economic recession of 2008 and 2009 has impacted workers in most industries, yet men are taking a much bigger hit than women. | Department of Labour |
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Why are there so many short jobs in LEED? An analysis of job tenure using LEED. April, 2008 |
Jason Timmins | |
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Why Auckland? Advice and opportunity: A study of why migrants settle in Auckland August, 2011 |
This report is a second exploratory study into why and how migrants settle in different locations within New Zealand. | Department of Labour |
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Why Wellington? Chance and choice in migrants’ decisions to come to and then remain in or leave Wellington December, 2010 |
An exploratory study into why and how migrants decided to settle in Wellington showed that choice and chance were both at play in migrants’ decisions to come to Wellington, and then to remain in or, in three cases, leave the city. | Elizabeth Plumridge |
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Why Workplaces Matter September, 2007 |
This paper provides an overview of recent literature outlining the contribution of workplace practices to improved performance for individual firms and the economy as a whole. The paper examines the “high performance workplace systems” model and summarises some of the key debates about its impact on firm performance. The paper concludes by putting forward the reasons why improving workplace practices is a matter for public policy. | Rose Ryan |
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Work Capacity Assessment Trial, Phase One results, evaluation report November, 1999 |
The report gives the results of a process evaluation conducted by the Department of Labour in consultation with the Ministry of Social Policy and the Department of Work and Income. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1999/5. | Donella Bellet |
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Work patterns after paid parental leave December, 2008 |
Sarah Crichton | |
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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. | NZ Immigration Service |
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Work Sharing: Its Potential to Reduce Unemployment in New Zealand September, 1994 |
This short report considers the potential of work sharing measures to reduce unemployment in New Zealand. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1994/2. |
Sylvia Dixon |
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Work values and the quality of employment: a literature review August, 2005 |
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on what people value in employment and on methods of measuring the quality of employment, with a view to measuring it in New Zealand. | Roopali Johri |
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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. | NZ Immigration Service |
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Worker-Firm Heterogeneity and Matching: An analysis using worker and firm fixed effects estimated from LEED November, 2006 |
David Maré and Dean Hyslop | |
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Workers with low literacy or numeracy skills: characteristics, jobs and education and training patterns. March, 2010 |
This paper examines the characteristics and education and training patterns of adults in employment who have low literacy or numeracy skills. | Sylvia Dixon and Carmel Tuya |
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Workforce 2010 March, 2001 |
A document to inform public debate on the future of the labour market in New Zealand. | Department of Labour |
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Working Long Hours in New Zealand: A Profile of Long Hours Workers Using Data From The 2006 Census July, 2008 |
This paper outlines a demographic profile of New Zealanders who work long hours using data from the 2006 Census. The research indicates that a significant proportion of the total workforce are working 50 hours or more per week, and that employees in particular industries and occupations are at greater risk of working long hours. | Lindy Fursman |
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Working safely for your community: health and safety guidelines for community and voluntary organisations May, 2004 |
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. | Department of Labour |
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Work-life balance and flexibility in New Zealand: A snapshot of employee and employer attitudes and experiences in 2008 October, 2008 |
This report tells us how New Zealanders feel about their work-life balance and identifies trends that are developing over time. This research has tracked successes since 2006 and also provides a benchmark for reviewing the impact of the Employment Relations (Flexible Working Arrangements) Amendment Act 2007, which came into effect in July 2008. | Department of Labour |
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Workplace Reform and the Quality of Working Life: A Tale of Three Workplaces November, 1996 |
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. | Martin Perry |
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Work-related Injury Claims November, 2008 |
This report informs you about work-related injury Claims that occurred in the 2007 calendar year as measured at 31 March 2008. The injury statistics were released by Statistics New Zealand on 29 October 2008 and were accompanied by final figures for the 2006 year. | Department of Labour |
