Experiences of Recent Business Migrants in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 17 Sep 1998 As part of its research investigating the settlement experiences and outcomes of recent migrants to New Zealand, the New Zealand Immigration Service explored the experiences of business…
A summary of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998 This article considers the attitudes of a small sample of unemployed people towards the characteristics of potential jobs, how they search for jobs, and which of…
Growth in the dispersion of earnings: 198497 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1998 Changes in the distribution of earnings in New Zealand between 1984 and 1997 are examined in this paper. There is evidence of growth in the inequality…
Childcare / Early Childhood Education in a Labour Market Context in Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997 This study describes maternal labour market participation and childcare use in Australia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, in the context of government support for childcare, and…
Determining the relative labour force status of Māori and non-Māori using a multinomial logit model Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1997 Using a stratified sample of 150,000-unit record data on the Māori and non-Māori working-age population from the New Zealand censuses of 1981, 1986 and 1991, this study estimates multinomial logit…
Do minimum wages have an adverse impact on employment? Evidence from New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1997 This paper presents the results of research into the effects of minimum wages on employment in New Zealand. Two different approaches are taken one based…
Government Involvement In Health And Safety: A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 1996 The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) was commissioned by the Department of Labour to undertake a literature survey on types and approaches of government…
Employee awareness and attitudes - a pilot survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1996 This article presents the results of a survey of private sector employees in the Auckland area. It was conducted as a large-scale pilot study in order to test…
Equality: Outcomes or Opportunities? A Review of the Literature Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 1995 This paper examines the concepts of equality of opportunity and equality of outcomes, with particular attention to the application of these concepts in labour market policy…
Changes in Registered Unemployment: Duration and Flows Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 1994 This paper analyses recent trends in registered unemployment, focusing on the dynamics of the underlying flows on to and off the register. The data used are…
