Settling In: Parent-adolescent family dynamics in the acculturation process Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This study looks at the relationships between 39 migrant and refugee parents and their teenagers as they settle into New Zealand. The report shows these migrant parents…
Race Relations in 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 This is the fifth annual review of race relations in New Zealand. Its purpose is to record the major events, issues and developments of the past…
Long-Term Settlement of Refugees: An Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand and International Literature Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 The Department of Labour commissioned this thematic review and annotated bibliography to provide a comprehensive understanding of the New Zealand and international research literature on factors…
How Much Difference Does It Make? Notes on Understanding, Using, and Calculating Effect Sizes for Schools Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2009 A good way of presenting differences between groups or changes over time in test scores or other measures is by ‘effect sizes’, which allow us to…
Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This report is the eighth in a series produced annually to provide background information about trends in temporary and permanent migration. The report is prepared for: policy-makers concerned…
The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2009 This paper uses data from the 1997–2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the economic performance of immigrants in New Zealand. Specifically, we use a synthetic…
Degrees of Separation in the New Zealand Workforce: Evidence from linked employer-employee data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The idea that the world is a small place has been around for a long time. In the 1960’s the psychologist Stanley Milgram, who is perhaps…
Measuring Job Tenure Using Linked Employer-Employee Data Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 The publication of job tenure statistics from Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee Dataset (LEED) in 2006 provided the first comprehensive source of information in this area…
Global Visa & Permit Survey 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 Since 1996 the Workforce Group of the Department of Labour has undertaken an annual Global Visa and Permit Survey. The purpose of this survey is to…
New Kiwis, Diverse Families: Migrant and former refugee families talk about their early childhood care and education needs Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 This Families Commission report is based on focus groups with six groups of parents, mostly mothers, from differing migrant and refugee communities from non-English speaking backgrounds…
