Modelling regional labour market adjustment in New Zealand / Wai Kin Choy, David C Mare and Peter Mawson.

About this item

Title

Modelling regional labour market adjustment in New Zealand / Wai Kin Choy, David C Mare and Peter Mawson.

Content partner

National Library of New Zealand

Collection

National Library of New Zealand Catalogue

Description

"This paper adopts a vector autoregressive (VAR) approach to analyse the labour market adjustment mechanisms for 12 New Zealand regions over the period 1985 to 2001. It examines the effects of a region-specific shock to employment on itself, the unemployment rate, the participation rate, and the wage rate. The role of migration as a channel of regional labour market adjustment is also inferred. We find that adjustment occurs predominantly through inter-regional migration although the unemploy...

Read more

Format

Book

Date created

2002.

Creator

Choy, Wai Kin / Maré, David C. / Mawson, Peter / New Zealand. Treasury

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/38740740

Related subjects

Labor market -- New Zealand / Labor economics -- New Zealand / Unemployment -- New Zealand / New Zealand -- Economic conditions -- 1984- / New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from National Library of New Zealand before using it.

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with National Library of New Zealand to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.