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Experiences of Recent Business Migrants in New Zealand

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…

Growth in the dispersion of earnings: 1984–97

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…

A summary of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs

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…

Childcare / Early Childhood Education in a Labour Market Context in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom

This study describes maternal labour market participation and childcare use in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, in the context of government support for childcare, and…

Do minimum wages have an adverse impact on employment? Evidence from New Zealand

This paper presents the results of research into the effects of minimum wages on employment in New Zealand. Two different approaches are taken – one based…

Determining the relative labour force status of Māori and non-Māori using a multinomial logit model

Using a stratified sample of 150,000-unit record data on the Māori and non-Māori working-age population from the New Zealand censuses of 1981, 1986 and 1991, this study estimates multinomial logit…

Government Involvement In Health And Safety: A Literature Review

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) was commissioned by the Department of Labour to undertake a literature survey on types and approaches of government…

Employee awareness and attitudes - a pilot survey

This article presents the results of a survey of private sector employees in the Auckland area. It was conducted as a large-scale pilot study in order to test…

Equality: Outcomes or Opportunities? A Review of the Literature

This paper examines the concepts of equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes, with particular attention to the application of these concepts in labour market policy…

Changes in Registered Unemployment: Duration and Flows

This paper analyses recent trends in registered unemployment, focusing on the dynamics of the underlying flows on to and off the register. The data used are…