Why are there so many short jobs in LEED? An analysis of job tenure using LEED Last Publication Date: 28 Apr 2008 The main objective of this paper is to investigate the use of earnings spells in LEED as a measure of job tenure. The paper was motivated…
Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Twenty-three percent of New Zealand’s population is foreign-born and forty percent of migrants have arrived in the past ten years. Newly arriving migrants tend to settle…
Health Outcomes in Former New Zealand Timber Workers Exposed To Pentachlorophenal (PCP) Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Concerns remain about chronic health problems experienced by former timber workers who were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) when it was used as an anti-sapstain fungicide treatment…
The Skills-Productivity Nexus: Connecting Industry Training and Business Performance Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 The Industry Training Federation (ITF) and the Department of Labour (DoL) have embarked on a joint venture aimed at improving the ability of Industry Training Organisations…
Working Long Hours in New Zealand: A profile of long hours workers using data from the 2006 Census Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 This paper uses data from the 2006 New Zealand Census to outline a demographic profile of New Zealanders who work long hours. The Census contains working…
The Economic Impact of Immigration on Housing in New Zealand 1991-2016 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 This research examines the impact of immigration between 1991 and 2006 and projects likely population changes for the decade 2006-2016 under ‘conservative’ and ‘growth’ scenarios. It…
Cyclical Earnings Variation and the Composition of Employment Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 During the economic upswing in New Zealand between 1999 and 2007, employment increased by over 20 percent and average real earnings increased by 9 percent. It…
Benefit Receipt of Migrants to New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 These reports detail findings from the annual information match between Ministry of Social Development (MSD) benefit and Department of Labour (the Department) immigration data. The purpose…
Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 New Zealand’s large and volatile external migration flows generate significant year-to-year fluctuations in the demand for residential housing. This paper uses population data from the 1986,…
Evaluation of the Christchurch city one-way door intervention Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 The Christchurch Central Business District (CBD) Alcohol Accord (Alcohol Accord) was implemented from October 2006 to March 2007 to reduce alcohol-related violence and crime in the…
