Employment Equity - Issues of Competition and Regulation
This report looks into more efficient and equitable means of reducing the potential for discrimination in employment relations. Read more
1 November, 1990
The New Zealand and Australian Social Security and Welfare Systems: A Comparative Study
This study uses a comparative approach in order to identify priorities for social security and welfare reform in New Zealand. Read more
1 October, 1990
Sustaining Economic Reform
In September 1989, the New Zealand Round Table published a series of speeches and articles in a volume entitled Economic and Social Policy. Read more
1 September, 1990
Port reform in New Zealand: A mid term update
In September 1989, the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) and Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. (FFNZ) published a comprehensive analysis of ports and shipping reform. Read more
1 August, 1990
Submission: Labour Select Committee on the Occupational Safety and Health Bill
1 August, 1990
Port Reform in New Zealand: A Mid Term Update
In September 1989, the New Zealand Business Roundtable (NZBR) and Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. (FFNZ) published a comprehensive analysis of ports and shipping reform. Read more
1 August, 1990
Populate or languish? Rethinking New Zealand's immigration policy
The origin of this study was an invitation by the New Zealand Business Roundtable to come to New Zealand and think about revamping immigration policy so that it might better fit in with the now fairly deregulated, outward‐looking economic environment in New Zealand. This was a somewhat risky proposition in that ʹparachute expertsʹ may get things badly wrong when they deal with such intricate matters as immigration. Read more
1 July, 1990
Starting a new venture in New Zealand: A case study in labour relations
Evidence from the United States and other OECD countries shows that most new jobs are created in small businesses. The same is undoubtedly true in New Zealand, especially when it is considered that few New Zealand enterprises are large by international standards. Read more
1 July, 1990
Submission: Labour Select Committee on the Labour Relations Amendment Bill
1 June, 1990
Fiscal policy and economic growth
The annual government budget statement is traditionally the time when the government restates its economic policy its economic policy direction, and outlines its economics goals. It also provides an opportunity for the public to assess the strengths and weaknesses of these policies. Read more
1 March, 1990
Submission: Select Committee of the House of Representatives on the Resource Management Bill
1 March, 1990
Submission: Commerce Law Reform Bill
1 February, 1990
New Zealand Schools Current Reform
The concern over public sector education in New Zealand goes back over several years, some would say many years. Such concern has been only partly about the quality of education, about outcome. Read more
1 February, 1990
Ideas, Interests and Experience
Economists are increasingly called upon by bureaucrats and government officials for policy advice. But economists have not always been able to present their ideas effectively. Read more
1 January, 1990
Tourism: What Incentives for Growth?
This study highlights the importance of labour relations in the tourism industry. Its main theme is the fundamental significance of the environment in which investment and operational decisions are made. Read more
1 January, 1990