Commonsense, trust and science: How patterns of beliefs and attitudes to science pose challenges for effective communication Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 Report on an investigation into what the public thinks, knows, and feels about science. The research involved a telephone survey of 800 members of the New Zealand public, and small-scale…
PISA 2000: The New Zealand context Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The New Zealand context to the PISA 2000 study is the focus of this report, published in August 2002. The performance of sub-groups of 15-year-olds is…
The impact of employment policy interventions Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This paper estimates the impact of different categories of employment policy interventions on subsequent outcomes for jobseekers. We generate a range of estimates to help us…
The unemployment spells of registered job seekers Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This paper estimates the impact of different categories of employment policy interventions on subsequent outcomes for jobseekers. We generate a range of estimates to help us…
Review of future-focused research on teaching and learning Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This Review is based upon information retrieved from the world wide web about recently completed or on-going large-scale international research initiatives which are future-focused and specifically…
An analysis of disparity between Pacific and non-Pacific peoples’ labour market outcomes in the Household Labour Force Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This paper analyses disparity in labour market outcomes by examining the employment rate gap between Pacific peoples and the rest of the New Zealand population.
New Zealand Injury Data Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This report presents the results of a review of injury data, which was led jointly by the Department of Labour and Statistics New Zealand. The review was…
Literature review for the evaluation of the digital opportunities projects Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This literature review is focused on international and New Zealand evaluations of "technology-rich" information and communication technologies (ICT) initiatives in schools from 1990 onwards. This review is…
An analysis of occupational trends in New Zealand, 1991-2001 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 The following is a research paper completed by the Department of Labour on occupational trends in New Zealand between 1991 and 2001. The current provision and…
The effects of occupational safety and health interventions Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2002 This study examines the effectiveness of government legislation in reducing the incidence of workplace accidents and other health and safety risks in New Zealand. A simple…