Migrants and Labour Market Outcomes

Author: Dr Ganesh Nana and Kel Sanderson

This paper investigates the labour market outcomes of migrants to New Zealand. Labour market outcomes such as income, source of income, labour force status and occupation are included. The study uses data from the 1981, 1996, 2001 and 2006 censuses.

This project aims to identify the labour market outcomes of migrant groups to New Zealand. It also investigates whether differences in such outcomes can be explained by the differing characteristics of various migrant groups.

We investigate the relationships between basic labour market characteristics and basic labour market outcomes, and the differences between the migrant types in terms of these characteristics and outcomes over time. Information from migrant arrival cards, as well as detailed cross-section data from the 1981, 1996, 2001 and 2006 Censuses are used.

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