The Level of Financial Assistance to Families with Dependent Children: A Comparative Analysis Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 In 1992, a comparison study using a model-family methodology found New Zealand to be one of the least generous countries in the OECD in terms of…
Barriers to Employment Among Long-Term Beneficiaries: A Review of Recent International Evidence - Working Paper 04/04 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This working paper documents the recent international literature on the topic of potential barriers to employment among working-age beneficiaries, with a particular focus on long-term beneficiaries.…
Reflecting on systems of decision-making by social workers Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002 Social Work Now, Issue 22, pages 14-19. Child protection social workers routinely make decisions that can have a major impact in the lives of children and their…
Guardianship, Custody and Access: Māori Perspectives and Experiences Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2002 It is important that the Māori perspective is taken into account when family law policy and Family Courts processes are being developed. The Ministry of Justice…
Evaluating the contribution Last Publication Date: 01 May 2002 Social Work Now, Issue 31, pages 12-18. This paper reports on the first stage in the ongoing development of an evaluation framework which will provide a basis…
A fous on employment retention: A meta analysis of three pilot programmes designed to support benefit recipients to take-up and retain employment Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2002 The barriers associated with employment retention, for people moving off benefit and into paid work, are well documented in the New Zealand and international literature and…
Evaluating the February 1999 Domestic Purposes Benefit and Widows Benefit Reforms: Summary of key findings Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2002 This paper reports on the findings of the evaluation and monitoring strategy that focused on policy reforms for Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) and Widows Benefit (WB)…
Literature Review on Pacific Education Issues Last Publication Date: 31 Jan 2002 This Literature Review on Pasifika Education Issues was commissioned to provide valuable information about those issues for Pacific education which have been researched, and those which…
Evaluation of Programmes for Māori Adult Protected Persons under the Domestic Violence Act 1995 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The Domestic Violence Act 1995 provides programmes for people whose lives are affected by domestic violence and who are protected by Protection Orders. The Programmes for…
PISA 2000: The New Zealand context Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The New Zealand context to the PISA 2000 study is the focus of this report, published in August 2002. The performance of sub-groups of 15-year-olds is…