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Nan Wehipeihana and Rebekah Pratt |
A focus on employment retention |
A meta-analysis of three pilot programmes designed to support benefit recipients to take up and retain employment. More |
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Paul Callister |
A Polarisation into Work-rich and Work-poor Households in New Zealand? Trends from 1986 to 2000 |
Analysis of labour market shifts based only on individuals disguises important aspects of employment change. Published in the Department of Labour Occasional Paper series as 2001/3. 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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James Stewart |
A Summary of the Results of a Survey of Unemployed Workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs Travel To Work Area |
This article considers the attitudes of a small sample of unemployed people towards the characteristics of potential jobs, how they search for jobs, and which of their own attributes they perceive may be relevant to getting a job. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1998: 1&2. More |
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John Benseman and Alison Sutton |
A synthesis of foundation learning evaluation and research in New Zealand since 2003 |
This synthesis provides an overview of research and evaluation information drawn from all recent New Zealand adult literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) initiatives. The report was commissioned by the Department of Labour to inform the Upskilling Partnership project, which is researching approaches to engage employers in workplace literacy, language and numeracy programmes, to help raise their productivity. More |
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Richard Whatman, Mary Adams, Jo Burton, Frances Butcher, Sue Graham, Andrew McLeod, Rashmi Rajan, Margaret Bridge, Dr Roberta Hill and Roopali Johri |
Aftermath - How the Lives of Fifteen Ordinary New Zealanders have been affected by Workplace Injury and Illness |
A booklet that presents, in a shortened form, the case histories featured in the "Aftermath - The Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness" study and concentrates on the human and personal dimension, omitting the detailed social and economic analyses of the full report. More |
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Richard Whatman, Mary Adams, Jo Burton, Frances Butcher, Sue Graham, Andrew McLeod, Rashmi Rajan, Margaret Bridge and Centre for Research on Work, Education & Business |
Aftermath - The Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness |
To explore the wider costs for society, the Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury and Illness Study aimed to gain an understanding of the full range of consequences of workplace illness and injury. More |
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Fiona Alpass and Ruth Mortimer |
Ageing Workforces and Ageing Occupations: A Discussion Paper |
The discussion paper on ageing workforces and ageing occupations identifies emerging issues on research and policy in relation to ageing workforces and ageing occupations. More |
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Simon Chapple and Janet Humphris |
An analysis of disparity between Pacific and non-Pacific peoples’ labour market outcomes in the Household Labour Force Survey |
This research note looks at how the employment rate gap between Pacific peoples and the rest of the population has changed over time, and examines the sources of the gap. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 2000-2. More |
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Department of Labour |
An analysis of occupational trends in New Zealand, 1991-2001 |
This research examines changes in employment by occupation as measured by the 1991, 1996 and 2001 censuses. More |
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Simmers and Associates Limited |
An Evaluation of Health and Safety Management Practices in the Hairdressing Industry |
Hairdressing poses significant risks of musculoskeletal disorders and dermatitis for Hairdressers. The causes of this are largely known; however, ways to prevent this harm exist but are not so well known. By making changes in work techniques and practices and adopting an ethos of “We Care” for our members, the industry can largely eliminate, for new entrants, and reduce for existing hairdressers, this risk. More |
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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 |
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Peter Conway |
An ''unlucky generation'' ? The wages of supermarket workers post-ECA |
Models of wage bargaining and the effect of negotiating at different levels of centralisation are used to interpret changes in the wage outcomes of supermarket checkout operators from 1987 to 1997. Published in the Labour Market Bulletin, Issue 1999. More |
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Jane Higgins |
Annotated Bibliography of New Zealand Literature on Migrant and Refugee Youth |
This annotated bibliography was commissioned by the Department of Labour to provide a comprehensive account of the current evidence on settlement and social inclusion for migrant and refugee young people in New Zealand. A key aim of the bibliography is the identification of evidence relating to factors that facilitate or act as barriers to the successful settlement and inclusion of these young people. More |
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Sally Steedman |
Aspirations of rurally disadvantaged Maori youth for their transition from secondary school to further education or training and work |
This research project involved a case study of one community to investigate the aspirations towards education, training programmes, paid work and career amongst rural Maori youth. More |
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Department of Labour |
Astronaut Families and Cosmonaut Couples |
The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency and character of astronaut and cosmonaut migration to New Zealand. “Astronauts” are migrants who spend significant periods in their country of origin working or doing business while leaving their family in New Zealand. “Cosmonauts” are childless migrants who exhibit similar behaviour. More |
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