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Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08

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: …

The future demand for paid caregivers in a rapidly ageing society

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…

Key Findings on New Zealand's Progress Using a Sustainable Development Approach

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 Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand

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…

Global Visa & Permit Survey 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…

Measuring Job Tenure Using Linked Employer-Employee Data

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…

Degrees of Separation in the New Zealand Workforce: Evidence from linked employer-employee data

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…

Work Patterns after Paid Parental Leave

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…

Labour Market Adjustment in the Construction Industry, 2001–2006

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…

Transitions from work to retirement

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…