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Return Migration and Earnings of Workers in New Zealand's Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme

The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) policy allows for the temporary entry of overseas workers to work in New Zealand’s horticulture and viticulture industries. In the four…

Formative Evaluation of ITO Embedded Literacy and Numeracy Projects

In 2009, the Department of Labour commissioned Heathrose Research Limited to carry out a formative evaluation of embedded literacy and numeracy projects run by industry training…

Trial periods at a glance

This summary uses information on employers from the 2012 National Survey of Employers (NSE) and recent qualitative interviews, and data on employees from the 2012 Survey…

The Labour Market Returns to Industry Training

This paper investigates the earnings benefits obtained by adults aged 20–64 who participated in industry training between January 2003 and December 2008. A growing number of…

New Land, New Life: Long-Term Settlement of Refugees in New Zealand

Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity is a multi-year research programme that was developed to better understand the long-term journeys of…

Learning the Lingo: The Challenge of Gaining English Proficiency

This study reports on the English language acquisition of skilled migrants to New Zealand using findings from the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) and the…

To Make or Buy (Skills): An analysis of training decisions using microdata

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand firms. The study uses a…

Innovation and the city: Review of the Auckland regional innovation system

Place matters in innovation. New ideas – and the capability to translate them into innovative goods, services, processes or markets – rely on the sharing of…

Business Strategies and Employment Decisions: Interviews with New Zealand Firms

A firm’s business strategy does not exist in a vacuum; it requires employees to implement it. However, firms often say that they have difficulties hiring certain…

Should the focus of publicly provided small business assistance be on start-ups or growth businesses?

How is New Zealand best able to maximise the potential of its enterprise population? The simple answer is that it has to ensure that the "rules…