How can tertiary education deliver better value to the economy?

References

Australian Bureau of Statistics (2008) Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Summary Results, Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Department of Labour (2010a) Skillsinsight: The changing demand for skills, Wellington: Department of Labour.

Department of Labour (2010b) Skillsinsight: Changing qualification levels, Wellington: Department of Labour.

Department of Labour (2010c) Skillsinsight: Future employment demand by major skill categories, Wellington: Department of Labour.

Earle, D (2009a) Advanced trade, technical and professional qualifications – trends in supply, Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Earle, D (2009b) The effect of first language and education on literacy, employment and income: An analysis from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey, Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Earle, D (2010a) Tertiary education, skills and productivity, Tertiary education occassional paper 2010/01, Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Earle, D (2010b) The labour market outcomes of skills and qualifications, Tertiary education occasional paper 2010/05, Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Hendy, S (2009) “Patents: Australia vs New Zealand”, on A measure of science,
 http://sciblogs.co.nz/a-measure-of-science/2009/11/02/patents-australia-vs-new-zealand/.

Kaye-Blake, W, Flagler B and Campbell R (2010) “Business strategies and employment decisions: interviews with New Zealand firms”, Paper to New Zealand Association of Economists Conference 2010.

McCann, P (2009) “Economic geography, globalisation and New Zealand’s productivity paradox”, New Zealand Economic Papers, 43 (3).

Mason G and Osborne M (2007) Productivity, capital intensity and labour quality at sector level in New Zealand and the UK. Working Paper 07/01, Wellington: The New Zealand Treasury.

Ministry of Education (2009) How well do qualifications predict literacy and numeracy? Wellington: Ministry of Education.

New Zealand Institute for Economic Research (2010) Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, October 2010, Wellington: NZIER.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2010a) The high cost of low educational performance: the long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes, Paris: OECD.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2010b) Education at a glance 2010: OECD indicators, Paris: OECD.

Poot, J and Stillman S (2010) The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: evidence from New Zealand, Institute for Study of Labor (IZA), Discussion Paper No. 5211.

Razzak, WA and Timmins J (2008) “A macroeconomic perspective on skill shortages and skill premium in New Zealand”, Australian Economic Papers, 47(1).

Razzak, WA & Timmins J (2010) “Education and labour productivity in New  Zealand”, Applied Economic Letters, 17(2).

Satherley, P, Lawes, E and Sok, S, (2008) The Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) survey: overview and international comparisons, Wellington: Ministry of Education.

Statistics Canada and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2005) Learning a living: first results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey, Ottawa and Paris: Statistics Canada and OECD.

Statistics New Zealand (2010a) Business Operations Survey: 2009, Wellington: Statistics New Zealand.

Statistics New Zealand (2010b) Productivity Statistics: 1978−2009, Hot Off the Press, Wellington:Statistics New Zealand.

Smyth, R and Lane C (2009) Skills and education: how well do educational qualifications measure skills? Wellington: Ministry of Education.

The Conference Board and Groningen Growth and Development Centre (2010) Total Economy Database (Jan 2010).