Inquiry Report: New Zealand Qualifications Authority: Monitoring the quality of polytechnic education Last Publication Date: 01 May 2007 The tertiary education system is a significant national asset and is recognised as being of crucial importance to New Zealand’s social and economic development. Over recent years,…
The measurement of labour productivity using the annual enterprise survey and LEED Last Publication Date: 01 May 2007 This paper reports the findings of a feasibility study in which data from the Annual Enterprise Survey (AES) were linked to data from the Linked Employer-Employee…
Job employment intensity, matching, and earnings 1999–2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2007 In this paper, we exploit the worker-firm “link” information in the Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED) to describe the patterns of employment intensity in jobs, matching between…
Finding and keeping volunteers: What the research tells us Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 During 2006 SPARC contracted Gravitas Research and Strategy Ltd to conduct social marketing, qualitative research to provide greater understanding of what motivates people to volunteer in…
Aggregates and individual wage earnings in LEED Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 Longitudinal analyses with continuous repeated outcomes provide fuller insight into population and individual behaviour over time. Insights into processes of social change can thus be greatly…
Alcohol Community Interventions and Services for Pacific Peoples - Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This literature review is part of ‘Le Ala’, a community action research project led by Pacific peoples. Its findings and recommendations are intended to guide the…
Strategy for Evaluating Local Government Legislation Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2005 Local government's roles, responsibilities, powers and accountabilities are defined by legislation. In 2001 and 2002 three new local government Acts were passed: the Local Government Act 2002…
New Zealand’s Community Renewal Programme in an International Context: A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 19 Oct 2005 Community Renewal’ is the name given to a social housing urban renewal initiative developed and led by HNZC in New Zealand. The Community Renewal programme is…
Methodologies for analysing the impact of public policy on families Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2005 Government policies have both positive and negative impacts on New Zealand families. The challenge for policymakers is to anticipate and understand potential impacts. This report recommends…
Disability and Work Participation in New Zealand: Outcomes Relating to Paid Employment and Benefit Receipt Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005 This report adds to current understanding of the extent to which disability-related barriers limit participation in society and provides an improved evidential basis for policy analysis…
