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published in New Zealand 18 August 2000
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STATISTICS THAT MATTER
PARTICIPATION RATES
MARGINS OF ERROR
YOUTH CASE MANAGEMENT
MORE SPECIAL BENEFIT
THE JOBS LETTER GOES "FREE TO AIR"
The Jobs Letter is now freely available on the internet at
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm
or to download as a PDF file (require Adobe Acrobat reader) at
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl129.pdf
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* Our Diary of key events over the last few weeks. Special
Benefit controversy. Statistics. Shortage of Maths teachers.
CER with Singapore. Irrigation jobs. Anderton accuses Brash.
Sue Bradford's Bill. Misclassification of US workers.
Businesses taking on more workers. Dairy skills shortages.
Timber jobs in Whangarei. Shortage of social workers.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12901.htm
* Statistics That Matter for the June 2000 quarter. Numbers of
Jobless are down, but so are the numbers of those in work.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/stt/stathome.htm
* Our commentary on the latest statistics. How can we get a
drop in both the unemployment and employment figures at the
same time? Why is the participation rate of the labour force
declining?
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/pdf/jbl12900.htm
* How robust are all these figures? The sampling errors are
often larger than the changes that drive the headlines.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#sampl
* Voices on the Jobs Figures. Jim Anderton, Steve Maharey,
Muriel Newman and Bob Simcock.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#vocstt
* The core group of the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs will be
meeting in Wellington later this month with members of the
former Maori Employment and Training Commission.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#mtfj
* Canterbury is aiming for all its young people under 25-years
to be either in work, training or volunteering in the community.
It is looking to work with Winz to getting youth-focussed case
managers � with a significantly reduced case-load.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#youth
* The Wellington People's Centre report on Special Benefits
says that, since 1995, the eligibility criteria for special benefit
has become progressively more relaxed and the number of
people who qualify has increased ... yet the number of people
actually receiving special benefit has dropped by more than
70%.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#wprc
* Beneficiary advocates are to meet with government
departments at Tatum Park in Otaki.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#advc
* Stephen Ruth of the Wellington People's Centre thinks it is
distinctly odd that Steve Maharey is repealing the community
wage, a prototype "single benefit" system, while at the same
time proposing the "single benefit" idea.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#ruth
* The Jobs Letter goes "free to air". Yes, this is our first issue
"live" in the internet at the time of publication. Feel free to copy
and redistribute it.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl12900.htm#free
C R E D I T S
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ISSN No. 1172-6695
edited by Vivian Hutchinson for the Jobs Research Trust
P.O.Box 428, New Plymouth, New Zealand
phone 06-753-4434 fax 06-753-4430
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Associates - Rodger Smith, Dave Owens and Jo Howard
Secretary - Shirley Vickery
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and related economic and education issues.
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