Report of the Business NZ Skills and Training Survey 2003 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report provides the results of a survey conducted by Business NZ in conjunction with the Department of Labour and the Industry Training Federation, and funded…
Factors that help/hinder community economic development: Emerging learnings from CEDAR Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 The purpose of this paper is to look back over the three years of Community Economic Development Action Research (CEDAR) project and share some of the…
Skilled Migrants: Labour Market Experiences Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2003 This report consists of two research projects that describe and analyse some of the outcomes of the General Skills Category (GSC) policy. Part A is an…
Migrants in New Zealand: An Analysis of 2001 Census Data Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2003 This report was developed to update, and further develop, a profile of the demographic characteristics of migrants to New Zealand. The analysis is provided for all…
A report card on the New Zealand labour market: Improving, Could do better Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2003 The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the performance of the New Zealand labour market in recent years. In particular how has…
New Zealand's Labour Market from 1991 - 2001: Evidence of Upskilling? Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2003 In this paper, I investigate the prospect that there has been a general ‘upskilling’(understood as extensive skill-biased technological change) in the New Zealand workforce. This research,…
Migrants in New Zealand: An analysis of Labour Market Outcomes for Working Aged Migrants Using 1996 and 2001 Census Data Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 The objective of this paper is to compare the labour market outcomes of recent and long- term migrants with those of New Zealand born using the…
Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand’s Productivity Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2003 There is a wide consensus that New Zealand’s productivity has been poor despite the comprehensive market-oriented reforms of the 1980’s. This consensus is based on estimates…
Aftermath: The Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2002 This study was initiated by the Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) of the Department of Labour (the Department). Because of the wider interest that was…
An overview of New Zealand and international research on the future of work Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2002 This paper reviews the main developments in work and employment in recent times, and discusses the driving forces behind them. Because of the broad range of…