Report of Exploratory Case Study Research into Precarious Employment Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2004 In order to increase the Department of Labour’s (DoL) knowledge and understanding of nonstandard employment arrangements and the impact that non-standard employment arrangements may have on…
Migrants' Experiences of New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2004 This report presents findings from the pilot of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ). It is the first in a series of reports from this…
Evolving Educational Expectations for New Zealand Youth: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study Last Publication Date: 25 Feb 2004 The purpose of this research project is to learn more about the formation of educational expectations by young people and their parents in New Zealand. This…
Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice is a cross-departmental research project aimed at identifying factors associated with effective outcomes in the youth justice system and assessing…
Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. Prior to this reform, a…
Evaluation of the Training Incentive Allowance Phase One and Phase Two Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2004 Phase One It utilises data from the MSD administrative databases to provide high level descriptive information about how TIA is being targeted to clients, how TIA is…
Social Report Indicators for Low Incomes and Inequality: Update from the 2004 Household Economic Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This incomes analysis is based on data from Statistics New Zealand’s Household Economic Survey (HES). It provides an update of the low-incomes and inequality indicators to…
Raising Children in New Zealand: Patterns of Family Formation and Change in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 Over the past 50 years, there have been major changes across the developed world in the fundamental processes that shape families – the formation, dissolution and…
Returns to post-school qualifications: New evidence based on the HLFS Income Supplement (1997-2002) Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This study is concerned with the causal effects of post-school education on individuals’ income and earnings. The study builds on and extends previous New Zealand research…
Pacific Value Jobs Initiative - Final Evaluation Report Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research report presents the findings of the final evaluation of the Pacific Value Jobs (PVJ) initiative. Porirua’s PATE (Pacific Aim-Hi to Employment) programme and Mangere’s…
