Productivity – questions and answers
Published: 1 Oct 2018Briefly considers some of the questions that productivity measures can help address.
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Guarantees and Insurance Products: market and policy analysis
Published: 1 Oct 2018This report looked at the market for guarantees and insurance products in New Zealand. It looked at the providers currently operating in the market, GIP markets overseas, and analysed the various options for promoting GIP uptake.
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PDF, 1MB, 89 pages
Understanding variability in tourism spend summary
Published: 1 Oct 2018Summary of visitor spend in the period from 2013 to mid-2018 was particularly variable. This report describes and explains why this variability occurred.
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PDF, 600KB, 6 pages
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ImmigrationHow useful are our productivity measures?: Literature review
Published: 1 Oct 2018Examines concerns about the measurement of productivity, and the role of measurement error in the global productivity slowdown of recent decades. Finds that productivity measures are still useful.
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PDF, 2.4MB, 59 pages
How useful are our productivity measures?
Published: 1 Oct 2018Briefly summarises concerns about the measurement of productivity.
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PDF, 456KB, 1 page
Risk, responsibility and liability in the building process: An exploration of the behaviours of home...
Published: 21 Sept 2018This report looked at the behaviours of builders and homeowners around risk. It interviewed 18 homeowners and 16 builders. They were asked about the types of things they thought could go wrong during the building process, and the steps they took to manage those risks.
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, 1.2MB, 52 pages
Pathway Student Visa Evaluation
Published: 17 Jul 2018Immigration New Zealand, in consultation with the international education sector, has developed the Pathway student visa (Pathway visa). This visa is for international students wishing to study more than one course or programme of study, at one or more providers, in New Zealand. The visa was piloted from 7 December 2015 to 30 November 2018 with an interim evaluation completed in August 2017. This final evaluation is based on findings from surveys of international students and immigration advisers, interviews with education providers, immigration officers and peak bodies, and analysis of administrative visa data.
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PDF, 1.5MB, 48 pages
Impact of temporary migration on employment and earnings of New Zealanders
Published: 15 Jun 2018This report updates K McLeod and D Maré’s 2013 report The Rise of Temporary Migration in New Zealand and its Impacts on the Labour Market.
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PDF, 2.5MB, 97 pages
Getting under the hood: insights from recent firm-level productivity research in New Zealand
Published: 1 Jun 2018Summarises insights from recent research on New Zealand’s productivity performance using firm-level data.
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PDF, 2MB, 28 pages
Appendix to National survey of employers 2015/16 summary findings: methodology and tables
Published: 21 May 2018Collects information on workplace practices in New Zealand within the context of employment-focused legislation. Includes methodology, results and questionnaire.
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PDF, 4.9MB, 135 pages