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Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants and the New Zealand-born 1997-2009

In this paper, unit record survey data from the 1997–2009 New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS) is used to examine: how labour market outcomes and returns to…

International Migration Outlook – New Zealand

These reports has been prepared in response to a request for information for the OECD’s 2010 edition of International Migration Outlook. This annual publication is an…

RSE Monitoring: Key findings from the 2010 Employers’ Survey

A multi-methods approach was used to evaluate the first two seasons of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy (1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008, and…

Petition estimators and their variance (Stats NZ WP 10-04)

Petition estimators and their variance reviews the statistical and mathematical aspects of determining how many registered electors have signed a petition authorised under the New Zealand…

Exogenous versus endogenous rates of return: The user cost of capital in Statistics New Zealand's multifactor productivity measures (Stats NZ WP 10-03)

In 2003, Statistics New Zealand received funding under the Government’s growth and innovation framework (GIF) to develop official productivity measures for the New Zealand economy. In…

The Impact of Immigration and Local Workforce Characteristics on Innovation

We combine firm-level microdata on innovation with area-level workforce characteristics to examine the relationship between local workforce characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills,…

Life After Study: International students' settlement experiences in New Zealand

This report uses multiple information sources to describe the characteristics of international students in New Zealand, the motivations of former international students who have successfully transitioned…

Chasing shadows – Comparing sex ratios in census, estimated resident, and Linked Employer-Employee data populations (Stats NZ WP 10-02)

Changes in sex ratios observed in census and population estimates have drawn the attention of demographers and media in recent years and are articulated in the…

Modern apprentices’ literacy learning: A formative evaluation

The Modern Apprenticeship Literacy Programme with Literacy Aotearoa began in April 2008. This pilot involves 191 Modern Apprentices (MAs) (as at 31 December 2008) who undertook…

Engaging young adults in literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skill development

The Department of Labour (the Department) is responsible for a crossgovernment programme of research and evaluation on workforce literacy, language and numeracy skills. Its purpose is…