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…
Provision of early childhood education services and parental perceptions Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 The survey reports the views of teachers/educators from education and care centres, kindergartens, playcentres, and home-based services, and from a small number of kohanga reo, along…
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,…
Education for Enterprise (E4E) 2007 surveys Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 The two survey reports are: NZCER evaluation of the Regional Education for Enterprise (E4E) Clusters - Report on teacher and lead teacher survey data from Term 4,…
Curriculum changes, priorities and issues: findings from the NZCER secondary 2006 and primary 2007 national surveys Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This is a thematic report drawing together responses from our 2006 survey of secondary schools, and the 2007 survey of primary schools. Each survey questioned principals, teachers,…
Report of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 As required, this report assesses the adequacy of redundancy laws and provisions and recommends options for addressing perceived gaps and issues with existing laws and policy…