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Estimating a New Zealand NAIRU
Szeto, Kam Leong; Guy, Melody - 2004
This paper estimates the non-increasing inflation rate of unemployment or NAIRU for New Zealand. A NAIRU that varies … around that). The results of this paper indicate that the NAIRU is a relevant concept and the unemployment gap should be one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115562
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The incidence and persistence of cyclical job loss in New Zealand
Maré, David Christopher; Fabling, Richard - 2013
cyclical job loss and unemployment fell disproportionately on young and unskilled workers. The paper identifies, by age, gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221832
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What Matters for Job Finding and Separation in the Long Run? Evidence from Labor Market Dynamics in New Zealand
Zheng, Guanyu; Nolan, Gulnara; Ball, Christopher; … - 2022
We use the novel anonymized Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) microdata to analyze job finding rates and job separation rates in New Zealand. We find that individual characteristics, including age, gender, ethnicity and education have a significant impact on job finding and separation rates,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013491954
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Estimating a New Zealand NAIRU
Szeto, Kam Leong; Guy, Melody - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004
This paper estimates the non-increasing inflation rate of unemployment or NAIRU for New Zealand. A NAIRU that varies … around that). The results of this paper indicate that the NAIRU is a relevant concept and the unemployment gap should be one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005176904
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Adult literacy and economic growth
Johnston, Grant - 2004
Developed countries, including New Zealand, used to consider their populations wholly literate, in the sense that almost all adults could read and write. Contemporary definitions expand the concept of literacy to include wider cognitive skills, and extend it across the whole population: people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115576
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Labor Mobility for the Poor: Is it Really Possible?
Luthria, Manjula - In: World Bank - Economic Premise (2011) 45, pp. 1-6
Despite mounting evidence that supports the pro-poor benefits of migration, it has not been easy to unlock doors into developed country labor markets. This is largely because both labor sending and receiving countries are unsure that such programs can be designed or executed in a manner that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828362
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Adult literacy and economic growth
Johnston, Grant - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004
Developed countries, including New Zealand, used to consider their populations wholly literate, in the sense that almost all adults could read and write. Contemporary definitions expand the concept of literacy to include wider cognitive skills, and extend it across the whole population: people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464989
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Immediate employment and income impacts of Covid-19 in New Zealand : evidence from a survey conducted during the Alert Level 4 lockdown
Fletcher, Michael; Prickett, Kate C.; Chapple, Simon Timothy - In: New Zealand economic papers 56 (2022) 1, pp. 73-80
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177823
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Did the post-1986 decline in the homeownership rate benefit the New Zealand labour market? : a spatial-econometric exploration
Cochrane, William; Poot, Jacques - 2019
. The unemployment rate declined steadily as well, except for upward shifts due to the late 1990s Asian Financial Crisis and … homeownership and declining unemployment are linked and that the causality runs from high homeownership leading to high unemployment … unemployment is statistically fragile, but a greater prevalence of freehold ownership and mortgaged ownership below the mean across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022713
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The labor market in New Zealand, 2000-2017 : employment has grown steadily and the gender gap and skill premiums have fallen
Maré, David Christopher - 2018
unemployment declines all picked up. Labor market liquidity has remained low since the 2008 downturn, with rates of job starts, job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816155