Contents

• LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
2. IMMIGRANT CHARACTERISTICS OVER TIME
   1. Migration and the labour market
   2. A picture of inward migration 1951-2006
   3. Returning New Zealanders and other migrants 1979-2006
   4. A picture of labour demand 1986-2006
3. MIGRANTS AND WORKING-AGE POPULATION 1981-2006
   1. The working-age population 1981-2006
   2. Scale of outmigration: gross and net increases by birthplace
   3. Age profile of the working-age population
   4. Working-age migrants - conclusion
4. SUMMARY FINDINGS
   1. Suggested propositions
   2. Diagnostic statistics/variables of interest
   3. Definitions and classifications
   4. Census data cross-tabulations
   5. Multivariate analysis
   6. Propositions and conclusions
5. INCOME OF MIGRANTS
   1. Income and the birthplace dimension
   2. Income and the years in New Zealand dimension
   3. Income and the age dimension
   4. Income and the qualification dimension
   5. Income measures summary
6. SOURCE OF MIGRANT INCOME
   1. Income source and the birthplace dimension
   2. Income source and the years in New Zealand dimension
   3. Income source and the age dimension
   4. Source of income summary
7. LABOUR FORCE STATUS OF MIGRANTS
   1. Labour force participation rate
   2. Prevalence of self-employed
   3. Prevalence of employers
   4. Labour force status summary
8. MIGRANT OCCUPATIONS
   1. Professionals and managerial occupations
   2. Trades and technical occupations
   3. Migrant occupations summary
9. CONCLUSIONS
10. APPENDIX: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
    1. Relationships determining income
    2. Relationships determining workforce status
    3. Relationships determining occupations of sub-groups
    4. Additional details of multivariate analysis