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Firm Performance and Labour Dynamics
Project Summary
Motu’s labour market research makes use of a Statistics New Zealand data set, the Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED). LEED contains longitudinal data collected via tax records for workers and firms in all sectors of the economy.
The research addresses questions such as whether labour intensity - similar to whether a worker is full time or part time - has an effect on their relative earnings, and whether this effect is primarily linked to workers or firms. It has also looked at the relationship between overall employment growth in New Zealand and wage increases between 1999 and 2007, and the effects of changes to youth minimum wage legislation in the same period.
Useful links
- Olssen, Alex. 2011. "The Short Run Effect of Age Based Youth Minimum Wages in Australia: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (Slides)," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Olssen, Alex. "The Short-Run Effects of Age Based Youth Minimum Wages in Australia: A Regression Discontinuity Approach," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011. Available online from http://www.nzae.org.nz/conferences/2011/programme.html.
- Grangier, Juliette, and Rob Hodgson. 2011. "Does the SMC Predict the Labour Market Outcomes of Skilled Migrants?" New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011. Available online from http://www.nzae.org.nz/conferences/2011/programme.html.
- Hyslop, Dean. 2008. 'Does cyclical employment growth lower wages?' Motu Public Policy Seminar, June.
- Stillman, Steven. 2005. "The Impact of Minimum Wages on the New Zealand Labour Market: Lessons from the 2001 Youth Minimum Wage Reform," Motu Public Policy Seminar Series, Wellington, 21 July 2005.
- Oaxaca, Ronald. 2010. "The Challenge of Measuring Labour Market Discrimination Against Women". Wellington Public Policy Seminar, July.
- Maani, Sholeh. 2009. "The Economic Impact of High Human Capital Immigration on the NZ Labour Market," Motu Economic and Public Policy Seminar, April.
- Jenkins, Sjtephen. 2008. "The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain" Motu Public Policy Seminar, October.
- Crichton, Sarah, Steven Stillman and Dean Hyslop. July 2011. "Returning to Work from Injury: Longitudinal Evidence on Employment and Earnings," Industrial and Labor Relations Review 64:4, article 7.
- Maré, David C., and Richard Fabling. "Productivity and Local Workforce Composition," Motu Working Paper 11-10, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Maré, David C., and Andrew Coleman. 2011. "Estimating the Determinants of Population Location in Auckland," Motu Working Paper 11-07, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington
- Maré, David C., Andrew Coleman and Ruth Pinkerton. 2011. "Patterns of Population Location in Auckland," Motu Working Paper 11-06, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Maré, David C., Richard Fabling and Steven Stillman. 2011. "Immigration and Innovation," Motu Working Paper 11-05, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Maré, David C.; Richard Fabling and Steven Stillman. 2011. "The Impact of Immigration and Local Workforce Characteristics on Innovation," Economic Impacts of Immigration Working Paper , New Zealand Department of Labour, Wellington. Available online at http://www.dol.govt.nz/publications/research/local-workforce-characteristics-innovation/
- Poot, Jacques, and Steven Stillman. 2010. "The Importance of Heterogeneity when Examining Immigrant Education-Occupation Mismatch: Evidence from New Zealand," CReAM Discussion Paper 23/10, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration, London.
- Stillman, Steven, Malathi Velamuri and Andrew Aitken. 2010. "The Long-Run Impact of New Zealand's Structural Reform on Local Communities," Journal of Comparative Economics, 38:4, pp. 432-48.
- Stillman, Steven, and Malathi Velamuri. 2010. "Immigrant Selection and the Returns on Human Capital in New Zealand and Australia," Motu Research Update 19, pp. 1-2.
Hyslop, Dean and David C. Maré. 2010. "The Annual Employment Mix of Workers and Firms, and the Part-Time Earnings Gap in New Zealand", Australian Journal of Labour Economics, 13:3, pp. 331-52.
- Dixon, Sylvia and Steven Stillman. 2009. “The Impact of Firm Closure on Workers’ Future Employment and Earnings.” Statistics New Zealand LEED Research Report (August).
- Gibson, John and Steven Stillman. 2009. "Why Do Big Firms Pay Higher Wages? Evidence from an International Database," Review of Economics and Statistics 91:1, 213–218.
- Dixon, Sylvia and Dean Hyslop. 2008. "The Employment and Retirement Transitions of New Zealanders Aged in their 60s," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
- Hyslop, Dean; David C. Maré, Steven Stillman and Jason Timmins. 2008. "An Analysis of Teenage Employment by Firms: 1999/00-2006/07," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
- Velamuri, Malathi; Steven Stillman and Andrew Aitken. 2008. "The Long-Run Impact of New Zealand's Structural Reform on Local Communities," Motu Working Paper 08-11.
- Dixon, Sylvia and Steven Stillman. 2008. "The Impact of Firm Closure on Workers' Future Employment and Earnings," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
- Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2008. "Cyclical Earnings Variation and the Composition of Employment," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand.
- Hyslop, Dean and Steven Stillman. 2007. "Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market," Labour Economics, 14:2, pp. 201-230.
- Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2007. "Job Employment Intensity, Matching, and Earnings 1999-2005," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.
- Grimes, Arthur; David C Maré and Melanie Morten. 2007. "Adjustment in Local Labour and Housing Markets," Motu Working Paper 07-10.
- Stillman, Steven and Dean Hyslop. 2006. "Examining Benefit-to-Work Transactions Using Statistics New Zealand's Linked Employer-Employee Data," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.
- Maré, David C. and Dean Hyslop. 2006. "Worker-Firm Heterogeneity and Matching: An Analysis Using Worker and Firm Fixed Effects Estimated From LEED," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington.
- Crichton, Sarah; Steven Stillman and Dean Hyslop. 2005. "Returning to Work from Injury: Longitudinal Evidence on Employment and Earnings," LEED Research Report, Statistics New Zealand, Wellington (July).
- Carroll, Nick; Dean Hyslop, David C. Maré, Jason Timmins and Julian Wood. 2002. "An Analysis of New Zealand's Business Demography Database," New Zealand Economic Papers, 36:1, pp. 59-62.
- Crawford, Ron. 2009. "Variations in Earnings Growth: Evidence from Earnings Transitions in the NZ Linked Income Survey," Motu Working Paper 09-07.
- Papps, Kerry; Philip S. Morrison and Jacques Poot. "Wages, Employment, Labour Turnover and the Accessibility of Local Labour Markets," Labour Economics 13:5, pp. 639-66.
- Maré, David C. and Jason Timmins 2004. "Local Job Flows in New Zealand" in Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand: 2004, S. Blumenfeld and P. Morrison, Eds. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.
- Maré, David C. 2003. "Ideas for Growth?" Motu Working Paper 03-19.