Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants and the New Zealand-born 1997-2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 In this paper, unit record survey data from the 1997–2009 New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS) is used to examine: how labour market outcomes and returns to human…
International Migration Outlook – New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 These reports has been prepared in response to a request for information for the OECD’s 2010 edition of International Migration Outlook. This annual publication is an…
The Impact of Immigration and Local Workforce Characteristics on Innovation Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 We combine firm-level microdata on innovation with area-level workforce characteristics to examine the relationship between local workforce characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills,…
The Auckland study - An assessment of the tertiary education needs of school leavers in the Auckland Region Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 The Auckland region will continue to lead the population and economic growth across New Zealand. To ensure Auckland is able to reach the growth projected, the…
Chasing shadows – Comparing sex ratios in census, estimated resident, and Linked Employer-Employee data populations (Stats NZ WP 10-02) Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Changes in sex ratios observed in census and population estimates have drawn the attention of demographers and media in recent years and are articulated in the…
Ageing and violent crime in New Zealand (Stats NZ WP 10-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Sep 2010 In this paper we answer three questions about demographic change and violent crime in New Zealand: How has the age-sex profile of violent offending been changing?…
Working for Families Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2010 The Working for Families Evaluation has been jointly conducted by the Ministry of Social Development and Inland Revenue Department. It aimed to assess: The implementation and delivery…
Demographics of New Zealand's Pacific Population Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2010 The first report in the Pacific Progress series, Demographics of New Zealand’s Pacific Population looks at the growth of the Pacific population and how the characteristics of this…
The Asian workforce: A critical part of New Zealand’s current and future labour market Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2010 The 2006 Census showed that Asians comprised the fourth largest major group of ethnicities in New Zealand after European, Māori and Other, comprising 9.2 percent of…
Optimised geographies for data reporting: Zone design tools for census output geographies (Stats NZ WP 09-01) Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 This paper explores methods that might be used to construct new geographies for data reporting that are in some sense optimised. The objective of the paper…