Key Findings on New Zealand's Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 The focus of Statistics New Zealand’s 2009 report Measuring New Zealand’s Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach: 2008 was to answer the question ‘How is New…
The future demand for paid caregivers in a rapidly ageing society Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 As the prevalence of disability increases with age, the impact on the need for assistance and care in various day-to-day living is apparent. It has been…
Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This report is the eighth in a series produced annually to provide background information about trends in temporary and permanent migration. The report is prepared for: policy-makers concerned…
The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This paper uses data from the 1997–2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the economic performance of immigrants in New Zealand. Specifically, we use a synthetic…
Degrees of Separation in the New Zealand Workforce: Evidence from linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The idea that the world is a small place has been around for a long time. In the 1960’s the psychologist Stanley Milgram, who is perhaps…
Measuring Job Tenure Using Linked Employer-Employee Data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The publication of job tenure statistics from Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED) in 2006 provided the first comprehensive source of information in this area…
Global Visa & Permit Survey 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 Since 1996 the Workforce Group of the Department of Labour has undertaken an annual Global Visa and Permit Survey. The purpose of this survey is to…
Labour Market Adjustment in the Construction Industry, 2001–2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The construction industry experienced heightened activity from 2001 to 2006 concurrent with low interest rates, high population growth, strong wage and job growth, and property investments…
Work Patterns after Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 This paper uses longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset to describe the employment and earnings patterns of people who first received paid parental leave between…
Transitions from work to retirement Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008 Survey responses indicate that the majority of working-aged New Zealanders would prefer to make a gradual transition from work to retirement, rather than move abruptly from…
