An analysis of New Zealand's Business Demography Database

Longitudinal employer information for a linked employer-employee dataset in New Zealand will likely come from the business demography database maintained by Statistics New Zealand. The success of a linked employer-employee dataset in New Zealand will depend on employer and employee data that are well understood, well documented and where false flows and false results are minimised. This paper presents the results of a preliminary analysis of job creation and destruction using the business demography database. We find high rates of job creation and destruction, comparable to international levels.