scholarly journals An Analysis of Disparity Between Pacific and Non-Pacific Peoples' Labour Market Outcomes in the Household Labour Force Survey

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Humphris ◽  
Simon Chapple
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Employment Rate ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Pacific People ◽  
Pacific Population ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
Household Labour

Disparity in employment outcomes between Pacific and non-Pacific people is higher today than it was in 1985. The disparity in the employment rate increased substantially between 1986 and 1991, though has been decreasing slowly since. This paper attempts to find reasons for changes in employment rate disparity using cross-tabulated information from the Household Labour Force Survey on region, educational attainment, occupation, industry, length of time lived in New Zealand and working age population size. Our research suggests that a key reason for the increase in disparity was over-representation of Pacific people in sectors that were disproportionately affected by changes in labour demand in the late 1980s. In particular, there was decreasing demand for workers in the manufacturing industry, workers in the occupational grouping 'production and related workers' and workers with no educational qualifications. Higher Pacific population growth may also at times have had an impact on employment disparity.

scholarly journals Time Series Analysis of Disparity between Maori and non-Maori Labour Market Outcomes in the Household Labour Force Survey

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Chapple ◽  
David Rea
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Ethnic Classification ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
Over Time

Disparity in labour market outcomes between Maori and non-Maori is examined using Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) data. The paper explores the nature of the ethnicity question and ethnic classification in the HLFS. It shows that there are substantial differences in labour market outcomes between those Maori who report only Maori ethnicity and those who report Maori and another ethnicity ("mixed" Maori). The paper then considers various methods of measuring disparity and uses these to examine the time series behaviour of disparity between 1985 and 1998. It concludes that disparity between Maori and non-Maori is greater today than in 1985. However, all this deterioration occurred between 1985 and 1992. Since 1992 disparity has been in decline. The bulk of time series variation in disparity between Maori and non-Maori has been driven by changes in outcomes for the sole Maori group. Mixed Maori, about a quarter share of the Maori ethnic group, has outcomes which closely track those of the non-Maori population over time.

scholarly journals Marginally Attached to the Labour Force

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Undugampolage ◽  
Kunal D'Souza
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Alternative Source ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Household Labour

Since the beginning of the decade, the numbers of unemployed- who are usually regarded as a reserve labour force - have reached historically low levels, with a strong concomitant demand for labour. This has resulted in an increasing interest in issues pertaining to labour force participation.Using data from Statistics New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey, this article explores the characteristics of those who are not in the labour force, but still have a marginal attachment to it. In times of low unemployment, this group may serve as an alternative source of potential labour supply, while in the longer run it may be drawn upon to increase the working-age population's participation in the labour force.

scholarly journals Employment chances and changes of immigrants in Belgium: The impact of citizenship

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Corluy ◽  
Ive Marx ◽  
Gerlinde Verbist
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Position ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
Employment Probabilities ◽  
The Impact

This article looks at the impact of citizenship acquisition on the labour market position of immigrants in Belgium. Citizenship is open to all immigrants with a sufficient period of legal residence, without any language or integration requirements. In that respect, this study is an important complement to existing studies which have mostly focused on countries with strict acquisition rules. Based on Labour Force Survey data for 2008, this study uses probit regression to estimate the static and dynamic employment probabilities and unemployment risks. We find that citizenship acquisition is associated with better labour market outcomes for non-Western immigrants in general. This effect remains after controlling for years of residence since migration, indicating the existence of a citizenship premium in Belgium.

scholarly journals Self-Employment and Labour Market Transitions in New Zealand

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinyi Shao ◽  
Mallika Kelkar
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
The Past ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Labour Market Transitions ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
Market Transitions

Self-employment in New Zealand has been trending up in the past two years, following subdued growth between 2000 and 2010. Self-employed people made up 11.3% of total employed in the year to March 2012 (251,800 workers), compared with 10.1% in the year to March 2010. Self-employment is defined in this paper as those people operating their own business without employees. The paper explores time series trends in self-employment, in particular across three post-recession periods. Characteristics of self-employed workers are also identified. This paper also investigates movements in and out of self-employment in order to understand the recent growth in this type of employment. The analysis uses longitudinal Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) data. The HLFS provides official measures of a range of labour market indicators, including the number of people employed, unemployed and not in the labour force.

scholarly journals New Zealand Income Survey and Other Sources of Income Data From Statistics New Zealand

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Archibald
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Sample Size ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
The Other ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Income Data ◽  
Economic Survey ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
Larger Sample

Many social scientists are familiar with the Household Economic Survey as a source of income data. However it is not the only source. The NZ Income Survey is run annually as a supplement to the June quarter Household Labour Force Survey. It provides a rich set of income data based on a much larger sample size. In this paper I will discuss the NZ Income Survey and compare it to some of the other SNZ sources of income data.

scholarly journals The Declining Work Week

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Hall
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Hours Worked ◽  
The Past ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Weak Growth ◽  
Compositional Changes ◽  
Household Labour

Over the past five years average hours per worker, as recorded in the Household Labour Force Survey, have trended downwards. According to the frequently used measure of average hours per worker, total hours divided by total employment, people are now working 5% fewer hours than they were in 2004. This has contributed to weak growth in labour input over recent years. This paper uses data from the Household Labour Force Survey to examine what is behind the recent fall in hours worked per worker. It attempts to answer whether the fall has been due to compositional changes, such as population ageing and increased participation of women, or whether people are just working fewer hours than they used to. This paper estimates that up to 40% of the fall in average hours over the past five years is due to increased annual leave entitlements, while compositional changes are estimated to account for around 11%. The remainder of the fall in average hours appears to be due to a decline in hours worked within jobs. Fewer people working long hours and firms hoarding labour over the recent downturn are identified as two of the key explanations for this.

scholarly journals Identifying Refugees and Other Migrant Groups in European Large-scale Surveys: An Explorative Analysis of Integration Outcomes by Age Upon Arrival, Reasons for Migration and Country-of-birth Groups Using the European Union Labour Force Survey 2014 Ad Hoc Module

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (Special_Issue_1) ◽  
pp. i183-i193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erling F Solheim ◽  
Daniel La Parra-Casado
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Country Of Birth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Migrant Groups

Abstract The aim of this article is to explore the association between self-reported reasons for migration, age upon arrival and Eurostat’s country-of-birth classification, and to study these measures in relation to education, employment and language skills. The European Union Labour Force Survey 2014 (11,345 women; 9,825 men) was used to study the immigrant working-age population (20–64 years) from seven West European countries with a substantial number of refugees. A third had arrived as children (0–19 years). Each reason for migration was well represented within all country-groups and the proportion of respondents reporting each reason was fairly similar across the country-groups. Regression analysis identified significant variation in education, employment and language skills by reasons for migration within country-groups and vice versa, with (female) refugees and family migrants arriving as adults faring worse than other migrants in language skills and employment. There were few significant gender differences. We recommend implementing reasons for migration and age upon arrival as core variables in quantitative migration studies.

scholarly journals Forecasting in the Labour Market

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram SriRamaratnam ◽  
Kevin Zhang ◽  
Andrew Whiteford
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Employment Level ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

An assessment of future labour market outcomes is of considerable interest to policy makers and for those making operational decisions with respect to training. These could take the form of forecasts of employment by occupations and skill levels or needs at the national, sectoral or regional level. Often forecasts are make of the demand for labour, both additional and replacement demand, the latter often surpassing the former due to the present demographic composition of the labour force. In order to assess likely future shortages (or surplus) of labour, knowledge of the current supply (not always known with certainty as in the case of seasonal labour) and an understanding of future supply is required, all of which pose considerable challenges. In this paper, an overview of the forecasting needs of the Department of Labour, approaches and methodology likely to be applicable and the required level of accuracy and relevance of forecasts are discussed in relation to national, sectoral, regional and seasonal labour market outcomes. Some preliminary and provisional results are presented as an illustration of likely outcomes. In summary, the total employment level is expected to show and annual average growth of 1.8% from 2005 to 2010, following a higher annual average growth of 2.8% from 2001 to 2005.  However, for the Primary and Manufacturing Sectors, the employment is likely to transform to a positive growth at an average rate of 1.0% and 0.3% respectively from 2005 to 2010 after having experienced a decline from 2001 to 2005. However, for the Private and Public sectors services, employment is expected o increase at an average rate of 1.7% and 2.8% respectively from 2005 to 2010 following a higher growth rate of 3.3% and 4.8% respectively from 2001 to 2005. The consequences of a number of variations in GDP growth and employment ratios by industry are explored in terms of occupational forecasts.

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