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Health Outcomes in Former New Zealand Timber Workers Exposed To Pentachlorophenal (PCP)

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…

Settlement Patterns and the Geographic Mobility of Recent Migrants to New Zealand

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…

Cyclical Earnings Variation and the Composition of Employment

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…

Working Long Hours in New Zealand: A profile of long hours workers using data from the 2006 Census

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

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…

The Origin, Family Structure and Labour Supply of Overseas Born Nurses

The purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the origin of overseas-born nurses, their labour market outcomes and their family structures. In OECD…

The Experiences of Migrant Youth: A generational analysis

This research is part of a larger international project, the International Comparative Study of Ethno-cultural Youth, undertaken in 13 countries with almost 8,000 adolescents and young…

Report of the Public Advisory Group on Restructuring and Redundancy

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…

Immigration Research Programme: Summary of Findings 2007

This publication summarises findings from a range of immigration related research undertaken by the Department of Labour since July 2004. There is an earlier edition of…

Benefit Receipt of Migrants to New Zealand

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…