Written By: - Date published: 7:00 am, February 4th, 2011 - 64 comments
The NZIER recently popped up with a study purporting to show that the “90-day trial period” (the fire at will bill) is “working”. The study and its conclusions have since been widely quoted. Unfortunately the conclusions are a load of nonsense. NZIER have committed the amateur hour mistake of seeing the cause that they want to see.
Written By: - Date published: 3:10 pm, March 23rd, 2010 - 5 comments
According to the NZIER Kiwi’s wages are set to drop.
But given the government’s return to a old-fashioned, old-boys club brand of tory we shouldn’t be surprised.
Written By: - Date published: 12:32 am, March 2nd, 2010 - 20 comments
The total pay packet fell for Kiwi workers last year and it will get worse in coming years. Aussie wages continue to rise, their unemployment is falling. If Key is serious about catching Australia he needs a full employment policy. Instead, he will keep doing nothing.
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, November 3rd, 2009 - 14 comments
A nice attempt at wedge politics from rightwing economic think-tank NZIER today. They say we should be concentrating on water quality, air quality, and saving native species, rather than climate change – a transparent attempt to divide conservationists from environmentalists. The entire substance of this ‘report‘ is a table on page 17 that doesn’t actually …
Written By: - Date published: 4:04 pm, July 14th, 2008 - 37 comments
Buried away in the NZIER’s recent TNS survey on the Emissions Trading Scheme was this political poll showing a surprisingly high number of people still undecided on who they’d vote for. You should be aware it’s based on some pretty shonky methodology (basically it’s a weighted online survey), but it’s interesting to see what happens …
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