Humanitarian Category Circumstances Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2000 The New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS) is undertaking a review of family sponsored immigration policy. Both the Family Category and the Humanitarian Category policies are being…
Astronaut Families and Cosmonaut Couples Last Publication Date: 01 May 2000 “Astronaut migration” is a migration pattern first identified in the 1980s and refers to migrants who, after taking up residence, spend lengthy periods out of New…
Change in the distribution of income of the working age population, 1976–1996 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1999 This paper employs census data to look at the change in distribution of income individuals of working age (15 to 59 years).
The Effects of Employment Regulation Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 1999 This Occasional Paper details the results and method of case study research, undertaken by the Labour Market Policy Group (LMPG) and the Centre for Research on Work,…
Human Capability: A Framework for Analysis Last Publication Date: 13 Oct 1999 This report defines and discusses future implementation of the 'Human Capability Framework'. It first outlines the framework, including a description of 'advance wellbeing'. It then discusses…
Evaluation of the ACC Reforms: Case study research Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 1999 This research was commissioned by the Labour Market Policy Group (LMPG) of the Department of Labour to evaluate the impact of the legislative changes on workplace…
Displacement effects of active labour market policy Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 1999 This paper focuses on the displacement effects of employment programmes. A simple definition of displacement is any changes in employment elsewhere in the economy as a…
Experiences of Recent Business Migrants in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 17 Sep 1998 As part of its research investigating the settlement experiences and outcomes of recent migrants to New Zealand, the New Zealand Immigration Service explored the experiences of business…
A summary of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998 This article considers the attitudes of a small sample of unemployed people towards the characteristics of potential jobs, how they search for jobs, and which of…
Growth in the dispersion of earnings: 198497 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998 Changes in the distribution of earnings in New Zealand between 1984 and 1997 are examined in this paper. There is evidence of growth in the inequality…