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