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Sylvia Dixon |
The Measurement of Productivity in New Zealand: An Introduction |
Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 1990/3. More |
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Martin Perry |
Workplace Reform and the Quality of Working Life: A Tale of Three Workplaces |
This article reviews evidence collected in three New Zealand workplaces: BHP New Zealand Steel; Du Pont Peroxide; and Interlock Industries. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1996:2. More |
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Darren Gibbs |
Potential Output: Concepts and Measurement |
This paper is concerned with the concept of potential output—the economy’s sustain-able level of economic activity. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1995:1. More |
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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 |
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David Grimmond |
A report card on the New Zealand labour market |
This paper looks at a range of indicators of labour market performance over the last three economic cycles. More |
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Philippa Yasbek |
The business case for firm-level work-life balance policies: a review of the literature |
This paper reviews the international and New Zealand literature on the business case for adopting work-life balance policies. More |
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Owen Harvey and Peter Harris |
The Skills-Productivity Nexus : Connecting Industry Training and Business Performance |
This report has been written as part of a joint Department of Labour/Industry Training Federation project aimed at improving the ability of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) to assist workplaces to raise their productivity. The report sets out results of a literature scan exploring the links between skills, their application, and productivity, and also documents the experience of a number of manufacturing ITOs in expanding the breadth of their services beyond skills development. More |
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Rose Ryan |
Why Workplaces Matter |
This paper provides an overview of recent literature outlining the contribution of workplace practices to improved performance for individual firms and the economy as a whole. The paper examines the “high performance workplace systems” model and summarises some of the key debates about its impact on firm performance. The paper concludes by putting forward the reasons why improving workplace practices is a matter for public policy. More |
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Catherine Kell, Shona Guy and Sharon Harvey |
In-house Literacy, Language and Numeracy (LLN) Initiatives in New Zealand Workplaces |
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. More |
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