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Points of Difference: Does the Skilled Migrant Category Points System Predict Wages?

The Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) is a points-based policy that allows people who have the ability to contribute to New Zealand economically and socially to gain…

Permanent and Long Term Migration: The Big Picture

The monthly release of New Zealand’s permanent and long term migration figures typically attracts intense public interest – the focus usually being on the flow of…

Labour Market Integration of Recent Migrants in New Zealand: Findings from the three waves of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand

The purpose of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) is to provide reliable, authoritative data on the settlement experiences of migrants in their first 3…

A Changing Landscape: The Impact of the Earthquakes on Christchurch Workplaces

This report summarises the key findings of a survey of Canterbury employers run by the Department of Labour in September-October 2011. The survey was designed to…

The Impact of the 2008 Youth Minimum Wage Reform

This paper analyses the impacts of the 2008 policy reform which replaced the youth minimum wage for 16-17 year-old workers, previously set at 80% of the…

The Transfer of Literacy, Language, and Numeracy Skills from Learning Programmes into the Workplace

This study sought to understand more about how literacy, language, and numeracy (LLN) skills gained in workplace literacy and numeracy courses are developed, utilised, and transferred…

Perceptions of Immigration Policy and Immigration New Zealand 2009 Community Survey (Pilot)

Below you find the following fact sheets from the Perceptions of Immigration Policy and Immigration New Zealand Community Surveys Perceptions of Immigration Policy and Immigration New…

Competing for Skills: Migration Policies and Trends in New Zealand and Australia

The aim of this study was to compare skilled migration policies in New Zealand and Australia from 2004/05 to 2008/09, including employment outcomes for primary/principal applicants…

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Journey

The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research is following a group of Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal through to settlement in New Zealand.The research involves three phases…

New Zealand’s Refugee Sector: Perspectives and Developments, 1987–2010

This study is part of a wider Department of Labour research programme entitled Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity. This multi-year…