Improving interventions to reduce violent offending by young people in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 18-23. Young people who commit violent offences damage their victims, the community, their families and themselves. This article summarises work undertaken…
Job Mobility and Wage Dynamics Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Matched employer-employee data research has found that workers’ wages are affected by the characteristics of the firms they work in, and that higher skilled workers tend…
Supporting the rights of young people in youth justice: An analysis of cross-sectoral responses Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 24-29. The topic of human rights, particularly the rights of people who commit offences against others, generates intense and sometimes heated…
Working with young people Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Social Work Now, Issue 42, pages 5-11. Working with young people is tremendously rewarding. Few professional areas of social work provide the kind of practice potential that…
Job Mobility and Wage Dynamics Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 Matched employer-employee data research has found that workers’ wages are affected by the characteristics of the firms they work in, and that higher skilled workers tend…
The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This paper uses data from the 1996, 2001 and 2006 New Zealand Census to examine how the supply of immigrants in particular skill-groups affects the employment…
Evaluation of the Growth Services Range Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 The Growth Services Range (GSR), which consists of the Growth Services Fund (GSF), Market Development Services (MkDS) and Client Management Services (CMS), was evaluated in 2005.…
Modern Apprenticeships – Completion Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report describes an analysis of the Modern Apprenticeships scheme through examination of the Modern Apprenticeship coordinator data collection, and the industry training administrative dataset. The…
Industry Training – Exploring the Data Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2009 This report examines industry training administrative datasets to determine the feasibility of their use for analytical purposes. It finds that the industry training data, despite some…
The Future of Rongoā Māori: Wellbeing and Sustainability Last Publication Date: 02 Mar 2009 This research aims to examine the contribution of rongoā Māori to indigenous wellbeing, and to identify issues for the ongoing sustainability of traditional Māori healing in…
