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Barriers to Employment Among Long-Term Beneficiaries: A Review of Recent International Evidence - Working Paper 04/04

This working paper documents the recent international literature on the topic of potential barriers to employment among working-age beneficiaries, with a particular focus on long-term beneficiaries.…

Evaluation of Avenues: A Pilot of a Modified Domestic Purposes Benefit-Sole Parent Application Process

This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of the Avenues pilot. Avenues tested a modified Domestic Purposes Benefit application process and ran from August 2001…

Work Poor Or Working Poor? A Comparative Perpestictive on New Zealands Jobless Households

In recent years, researchers have identified a growth in both "work-poor" and "work-rich" households in several OECD countries, including New Zealand, indicating an increasing concentration of…

Work Poor Or Working Poor? A Comparative Perpestictive on New Zealands Jobless Households

In recent years, researchers have identified a growth in both "work-poor" and "work-rich" households in several OECD countries, including New Zealand, indicating an increasing concentration of…

Human Capital Issues in an Ageing Workforce

Almost half the New Zealand workforce is now over the age of 40. This ageing trend will continue as smaller cohorts follow the baby boom bulge…

Estimating the Impact of Employment Programmes on Participants’ Outcomes

This report summarises what has been learnt so far in estimating employment programme impact using administrative data in the New Zealand context. The report covers issues…

Evaluation of Avenues: Evaluation of Migrant Pilot Projects in Auckland North, Auckland Central, Waikato and Central Regions 2002

This report summarises four pilot schemes, completed in 2000/2001, designed to address issues related to the difficulties experienced by migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who have…

Report on Maternity 2000 & 2001

This is the second in the series of annual data analysing New Zealand maternity services. It contains information on the outcomes, availablity and utilisation of maternity…

Assessing The Progress On Poverty Reduction

This paper presents the summary results of the New Zealand Poverty Measurement Project's analysis of the incidence and severity of poverty during the 1990s, and assesses…

Strengthening Communities through Local Partnerships: Building a Collaborative Research Project

This paper reflects on the early stages of a Foundation for Research, Science and Technology social research project aimed at identifying the overall range, scope and…