| Author(s) | Title | Summary |
|
Department of Labour |
Workforce 2010 |
A document to inform public debate on the future of the labour market in New Zealand. More |
|
||
|
Sylvia Dixon |
Prime-aged Males who are Not in the Labour Force |
The results obtained suggest that the following characteristics are positively and significantly associated with non-participation among prime-aged men: age; low qualifications, Maori ethnicity, sole fatherhood; being an immigrant from the Asian or Pacific regions; and being unmarried or without a de facto partner. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1999/1. More |
|
|
||
|
Liliana Winkelmann and Rainer Winkelmann |
Determining the relative labour force status of Maori and non-Maori using a multinomial logit model |
Estimates of the effects of age, education, marital and parental status, local unemployment rates and type of location on the probability of being in full-time employment, in part-time employment, unemployed or out of the labour force. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1997:1. More |
|
|
||
|
Sylvia Dixon |
Labour Force Participation over the last ten years |
This research note provides an overview of trends in the labour force participation of the main population sub-groups from 1986 to 1996, drawing on Household Labour Force Survey data. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More |
|
|
||
|
Henry Herzog |
Job-loss and labour market outcomes under rapid structural adjustment: The case for New Zealand |
This study provides an econometric analysis of job loss within New Zealand over the period 1985-1994. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:1. More |
|
|
||
|
Michael Fletcher |
Pacific Islands Peoples in the Labour Market |
Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1995:1. More |
|
|
||
|
Weshah Razzak |
Towards Building A New Consensus About New Zealand’s Productivity |
This paper examines common methodologies that have been typically used to estimate productivity numbers in New Zealand and issues like trend estimation, convergence and spillovers (increasing returns to scale). More |
|
|
||
|
Department of Labour |
An overview of New Zealand and international research on the future of work. |
This paper identifies and provides an overview of important future of work research topics and lists important recent New Zealand research on these subjects. The paper includes sections on the changing economy, the changing workplace, the changing workforce, work-life balance, and skills, education and training. More |
|
|
||
|
Ruth Wallis and BRC Marketing and Social Research Ltd |
Skilled Migrants in New Zealand: Employers’ Perspectives |
This report explores New Zealand employers’ perspectives on the benefits of, and issues associated with, employing skilled migrants. More |
|
|
||
|
K Gendall and L Fawthorpe |
Decisions about Caring and Working |
The Department of Labour and the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women (NACEW) commissioned research to identify the factors that influence people’s decisions surrounding paid work, and to provide a better picture of the decision making process. This study found that multiple factors influence people’s choices about paid work, and that different approaches suit different people in different situations. More |
|
|
||
|
Research New Zealand |
45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 1 Review of literature on programmes of career information, advice and guidance for mature non-participants |
The aim of this review is to provide an overview of recent and related research on career information, advice and guidance for mature non-participants that will support the development of policy and evidence-based practice in New Zealand. More |
|
|
||
|
Research New Zealand |
45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 2 Quantitative Survey |
This report presents the findings from Stage 2 of the career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) research, a quantitative survey of workforce non-participants aged 45 years and over |
|
|
||
|
Research New Zealand |
45 Plus: Choices in the labour market. Final Report – Stage 3 Qualitative Survey |
This report presents the findings from Stage 3 of the career information, advice and guidance (CIAG) research, a qualitative study of workforce non-participants aged 45 years and over |
|
|
||
|
Department of Labour |
Forces for Change in the Future Labour Market of New Zealand |
Forces for Change in the Future Labour Market of New Zealand is intended to promote discussion on the challenges and opportunities in relation to the future New Zealand labour market. The Department of Labour will draw on this developing understanding to inform policy responses for current and additional approaches. More |
|
|
||
|
Paul Callister and Lindy Fursman |
Men’s participation in unpaid care: A review of the literature |
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. More |
|
|
||
|
Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of New Zealanders |
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. More |
|
|
||
|
Dave Mare and Steven Stillman |
The Labour Market Adjustment of Immigrants in New Zealand |
This research uses data from the 1997 – 2007 New Zealand Income Survey to examine the path of economic outcomes of immigrants in New Zealand. More |
|
|
||