Migrants in New Zealand: An analysis of Labour Market Outcomes for Working Aged Migrants Using 1996 and 2001 Census Data

The objective of this paper is to compare the labour market outcomes of recent and long- term migrants with those of New Zealand born using the 1996 and 2001 Population censuses. The research sought to identify what characteristics differentiated migrants from New Zealand born, whether those characteristics impacted on labour market outcomes, and to explain relative differences in labour market outcomes.