LMP Seminar 1

on "Scoping Interactions Between Migration and Local Labour Markets"

at Labour Market Policy Group

September 2000

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Table of Contents

James Newell - MERA

Seminar Outline

Presentation Plan

What is Migration / Mobility

Motivation for Migration - Lifecycle stage / activity transitions

Sources of Statistical Data

Defining the Labour Market

Local Labour Market Areas

Mapping Functional Labour Market Areas (Main - Secondary)

Local Labour Market - Migration Interactions

Explaining Regional Labour Market Characteristics (Morrison 1999)

Explanatory Models for Regional Labour Market Characteristics (Morrison 1999)

Migration - Labour Market Effects Expected

Evidence for Out Migration as a Labour Market Adjustment Mechanism (Newell 2000)

Evidence for Internal Out Migration as a Labour Market Adjustment Mechanism (Newell 2000)

Evidence for International Out Migration as a Labour Market Adjustment Mechanism (Newell 2000)

Broad Issues

Stages of Knowledge Base Development

Issues - Knowledge Base Standards 1. Establish Standards for Comparability between LMPG and other sub-national knowledge bases and improve application of technology

Coding of Wellington Datalab Records for Workplace Location1981-96 (Source : MERA interim report to Statistics NZ on workplace employment rebasing)

Issues 2. Identify Functional Labour Market Areas

Issues 3. Improve the knowledge base on NZ sub-national labour markets

Issues 4. Improving the Knowledge Base on Internal and External Migration History / Behaviour

Issues 5. Role of Migration in Labour Market Adjustment

Issues 6. Other Effects of Migration in Local Employment / Labour Markets

Issues 8. Understanding effect of migration on changes in the labour market by occupation

Issues 9. Gaps Issues : Labour Force - Migration Interactions for Maori, Pacific Island vs others

Issues 10. Relationship Between Benefit System, Labour Markets and Migration

Issues 11. Characterising Labour market - migration interactions for spatial communities

MERA

Interest Areas

Education

Urban or Regional Development Studies and Modelling Projects

Demographic Studies

Migration Research

Health and Disability Studies

Reviews, Audits and Evaluation Studies

Geographic Information System (GIS) Projects

Projects & Programmes

NZ Regional Migration Modelling

Early Childhood Participation Studies

Wellington Datalab & Development Modelling Project

Kapiti Coast District Development Trends Study

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