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Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08 January, 2009 |
The Migration Trends and Outlook report is the eighth in an annual series and provides an overview of immigration trends for the 2007/08 financial year. The report is used by the Department to inform immigration policy, marketing strategies and settlement services, and is a useful resource to government departments and the wider public. | Paul Merwood, Asif Quazi, Claire Harkess, Rob Hodgson, Penny Stock, Manuila Tausi and Jason Zhao |
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Summary of Evaluation Findings from Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Policy First Season (2007/08) January, 2009 |
This summary describes and assesses the first season (2007 / 2008) of the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) policy. | Evalue Research |
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Effective Occupational Health Interventions in Agriculture January, 2009 |
This report presents an overview of the findings of the national study of effective occupational health interventions in agriculture conducted between January 2007 and January 2009. | Injury Prevention Research Unit Otago University |
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Who hires older workers? A first look at industry variations in the recruitment of mature workers January, 2009 |
Sylvia Dixon | |
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Sector Workforce Plans January, 2009 |
To optimise economic growth New Zealand needs the right number of people with the right skills at the right time. | Department of Labour |
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New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand January, 2009 |
The Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) is a study designed to produce detailed information on the settlement outcomes of migrants over time. The LisNZ is interviewing the same cohort of migrants at 6, 18, and 36 months after taking up permanent residence in New Zealand. This report focuses on the findings from Wave 1 six months after taking up permanent residence in New Zealand. | Anne-Marie Masgoret, Paul Merwood and Manuila Tausi |
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International Migration Outlook – New Zealand 2008 February, 2009 |
This report provides information for the OECD’s 2009 publication ‘International Migration Outlook’. It utilises data from existing sources and provides a useful overview of key findings and policy developments for the 2007/08 financial year. | Department of Labour |
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Regional Labour Market Overview February, 2009 |
Produced in 2007 and 2009, these reports provide an overview of labour market trends and characteristics in Regional Council areas in a single report. | Department of Labour |
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Interpreting the December 2008 quarter Household Labour Force Survey results February, 2009 |
This report provides analysis and interpretation of the December 2008 quarter Household Labour Force Survey’s surprising results. | Department of Labour |
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Long-Term Settlement of Refugees: An Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand and International Literature March, 2009 |
This annotated bibliography, undertaken by Natasha McMillan and Alison Gray, brings together New Zealand and international literature on the long-term settlement of refugees and provides an insight into the factors that facilitate or act as barriers to integration. This review is the first publication from the three-year ‘Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity’ research programme. | Natasha McMillan and Alison Gray |
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The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders April, 2009 |
This research estimates the impact of inflows of recent immigrants on the wages and employment of earlier migrants, the New Zealand-born workers, and recent migrants themselves. | Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
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The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand May, 2009 |
This research uses data from the 1997 – 2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the path of economic outcomes of immigrants in New Zealand. | Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
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Keeping Work Safe Enforcement Policy May, 2009 |
This policy statement is for anyone who may have an interest in how the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 is enforced in New Zealand workplaces. It sets out key principles and processes for enforcing the Act and describes what people with duties under the Act can expect in response to a range of situations. | Alan Cooper |
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Understanding the Job Mobility and Employability of Older Workers May, 2009 |
This report provides information to help prepare New Zealand for the challenges and opportunities presented by an older workforce. | Robert Haig |
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What drive the decline in the participation rate in the Household Labour Force Survey over the March 2009 quarter? May, 2009 |
This note provides analysis of the March 2009 quarter Household Labour Force Survey’s surprising results. | Department of Labour |
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The Future Demand for Paid caregivers in a Rapidly Ageing Society June, 2009 |
The report examines the current supply of paid caregivers for the elderly in New Zealand by developing a demographic profile of the caregiver workforce in New Zealand, and to project the future demand for paid caregivers. | Juthika Badkar |
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Men’s participation in unpaid care: A review of the literature June, 2009 |
This report summarises the results of a comprehensive review of international and New Zealand-based literature examining the barriers and supports for men’s greater participation in unpaid care. | Paul Callister and Lindy Fursman |
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Doctors and romance: Not only of interest to Mills and Boon readers June, 2009 |
Internationally there is a growing demand for health services. Skilled health workers, including doctors, have a high degree of international mobility and New Zealand (NZ) stands out internationally in terms of the significant flows of doctors in and out of the country. The aim of this exploratory study is to examine the living arrangements of doctors, the composition of migrant doctors who are coming to NZ, and to understand the educational and employment status of the partners of doctors. | Paul Callister, Juthika Badkar and Robert Didham |
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Migration Trends Key Indicators Report : July 2009 July, 2009 |
The Monthly Migration Trends report is a brief summary of data about the New Zealand Residence Programme, permanent skilled migration, and temporary entry. This month’s report is a brief summary of migration trends for the 2009/10 financial year to date. IMSED Research will continue to produce the annual Migration Trends and Outlook report, which contains a wider range of analyses and more depth. | Department of Labour |
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Plan of Action to Prevent People Trafficking July, 2009 |
The Plan of Action to Prevent People Trafficking is a proactive whole-of-government approach to people trafficking issues for New Zealand, outlining a comprehensive response to any future people trafficking cases. | Department of Labour |
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The Effect of the Employment Relations Act 2000 on Collective Bargaining July, 2009 |
This research aimed to examine whether the Employment Relations Act has had any significant effect on the coverage and content of collective bargaining. It has been undertaken to inform employment relations policy work in the Department of Labour. | Department of Labour |
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Monthly Migration Trends : July 2008-June 2009 July, 2009 |
The Monthly Migration Trends report is a brief summary of data about the New Zealand Residence Programme, permanent skilled migration, and temporary entry. | Department of Labour |
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Ageing New Zealand: The growing reliance on migrant caregivers July, 2009 |
New Zealand’s population is rapidly ageing. It is estimated that in 2031 those 65 and older will represent 35 percent of the population aged 15-64. It is highly unlikely that the local supply will be sufficient to meet this demand. Therefore immigration of low-skill workers needs to be considered as a part of the measures needed to alleviate the future pressures on the demand for paid caregivers for the elderly. | Juthika Badkar, Paul Callister and Robert Didham |
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The labour force participation rate surprises again in the June 2009 quarter August, 2009 |
This note provides analysis of the June 2009 quarter Household Labour Force Survey’s surprising results. | Department of Labour |
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Migrant and Refugee Youth in New Zealand: Statistical Profile, 1996 to 2007 August, 2009 |
This report written by Philippa Shorland builds a profile of migrant and refugee youth (people aged 12 to 24 years) in New Zealand by analysing immigration approval data (1998 to 2007) and Census of Population and Dwellings (census) data (1996, 2001, and 2006). Data is reported separately for two age groups: 12-17-year-olds (school age) and 18-24-year-olds (post school age). | Phillipa Shorland |
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Seasonal employment patterns in the horticultural industry August, 2009 |
The study uses Linked-Employer-Employee Data (LEED) to examine short-term and seasonal employment patterns within the New Zealand horticulture industry. The study is a first attempt at using LEED to identify and measure the extent and distribution of seasonal jobs and workers within the New Zealand labour market. Monthly wage and salary information collected by LEED is used to describe the seasonal variation in employment across 10 horticulture sub-industries over a five-year period from October 1999 to September 2005. |
Jason Timmins |
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The impact of firm closure on workers’ future labour market outcomes August, 2009 |
Sylvia Dixon and Steven Stillman | |
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Identifying the resilience of the New Zealand workforce in a recession September, 2009 |
This paper presents a preliminary risk profile of New Zealand industries in order to identify people within them who may be less resilient in terms of finding new employment. | Robert Haig |
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Does workplace-based industry training improve earnings? September, 2009 |
Sarah Crichton | |
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Position paper: Proposal to reduce WES-TWA for Methyl Bromide from 5PPM to 1PPM October, 2009 |
The Department of Labour is the primary agency responsible for setting Workplace Exposure Standards (WES) as part of the administration of the Health and Safety in Employment Act (HSE), 1992. This position paper discusses the proposal to reduce WES-TWA for methyl bromide from 5ppm to 1 ppm. |
Department of Labour |
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In-house Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) Initiatives in New Zealand Workplaces October, 2009 |
Work has been underway in New Zealand to improve the literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skills of the workforce. This report summarises the findings of a review into the level of literacy, language and numeracy in employer-funded training in workplaces in New Zealand in 2008. | Catherine Kell, Shona Guy and Sharon Harvey |
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Economic Impacts of Immigration: Scenarios using a Computable General Equilibrium Model of the New Zealand Economy November, 2009 |
This study reports on simulations of the economy-wide impact of immigration into New Zealand. Different levels, compositions and other assumptions are tested. | Rob Hodgson, Dr Ganesh Nana and Kel Sanderson |
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Looking Back and Building Futures: Former Refugees'' Views on Settling in New Zealand November, 2009 |
The Department of Labour commissioned Gatt Consulting Ltd to undertake an exploratory study as part of the wider Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity research programme. | Gatt Consulting Ltd |
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Life in New Zealand: Settlement Experience of Skilled Migrants – Results from the 2008 Survey November, 2009 |
This report presents findings from the 2008 Settlement Experience Feedback Survey of migrants who gained permanent residence in New Zealand through the Skilled/Business Stream between September and December 2007. | Yuan Zhao |
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Quota Refugees in New Zealand: Approvals and Movements (1999—2008) November, 2009 |
This report contains a summary of the analysis on quota refugee approvals in New Zealand over the 1999-2008 period. It also looks at the subsequent movement patterns of quota refugees to gain an understanding of their mobility. These are analysed by breaking down the quota refugee populations by nationality, gender, age and application type. | Department of Labour |
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Developing a New Zealand Settlement Knowledge Base: Baseline Information for the New Zealand Settlement Strategy Indicators December, 2009 |
How well migrants integrate or settle is of interest to all migrant-receiving countries and, in recent years, many such nations have designed policy interventions, programmes and activities to support good settlement outcomes. Despite this, very little research exists internationally about indicators of good settlement. | Department of Labour |
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The working patterns of older workers December, 2009 |
This paper describes the characteristics, jobs, working time patterns, employment conditions and employment outcomes of older workers using data collected in Statistics New Zealand''s Survey of Working Life 2008 | Sharon Boyd |
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Why are men more affected by labour market downturns? December, 2009 |
The economic recession of 2008 and 2009 has impacted workers in most industries, yet men are taking a much bigger hit than women. | Department of Labour |
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Review of the Holidays Act 2003 – report of the Ministerial Advisory Group December, 2009 |
The Ministerial Advisory Group has reported back to the Minister of Labour on their review of the Holidays Act 2003. The Minister will be considering their recommendations and the Department’s advice in February/March 2010. | Ministerial Advisory Panel, Peter Kiely, Paul Mackay, Helen Kelly, Philip Doak and James Ritchie |
