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How education is related to income and earnings.

  • Education, income and earnings - with updates for 2020

    A summary of how education is related with income and earnings, updated with 2020 impacts based on New Zealand Income Survey data.…

    Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: July 2021

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  • 15-year-olds in 2009, their educational achievement, where they went and what they earned over the next decade

    This report follows the education and earnings of 15 year-olds in 2009, over a decade until they were 24 or 25. It is intended as a postscript to the report Education and earnings, A New Zealand update which provides a…

    Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: September 2020

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  • Education and earnings, a New Zealand update

    This report draws together the latest New Zealand information on education’s role in people’s earnings. It aims to provide a resource to inform decisions involving education, and to contribute to the evidence base on education’s role in wider wellbeing.…

    Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: June 2020

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  • Qualification level match and mis-match in New Zealand

    The Survey of Adult Skills showed that New Zealand had one of the highest rates of qualification level mismatch in the OECD. Qualification level mismatch means that a person’s qualification was higher or lower than the usual level currently required…

    Author(s): David Earle, Chief Research Analyst, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: May 2020

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  • Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on earnings of tertiary graduates in New Zealand

    This report looks at the impacts the Global Financial Crisis had on the earnings of tertiary education graduates in New Zealand, and explores the extent to which these impacts may still be being felt by those impacted.…

    Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: May 2020

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  • How are skills related to social and economic participation? Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC)

    New Zealand participated in the OECD's Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) in 2014. The survey is part of the OECD's Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).This A3 looks at how skill levels relate to social and economic…

    Author(s): Paul Satherley, Tertiary, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: December 2018

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  • Post-school labour-market outcomes of school-based NCEA

    This report presents some basic statistics on what happens to school leavers in the first few years after school, and what difference school-based NCEA makes on post-school labour market outcomes.…

    Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: September 2018

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  • Destinations and employment outcomes of young, international graduates

    This series of factsheets and associated data tables provide information on outcomes for young, international students who complete a qualification at a government-funded tertiary education provider in New Zealand. They look at how many of these graduates do further study,…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: December 2017

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  • Profile & Trends 2016: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions [Part 2 of 6]

    This is edition 19 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector.  Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions is the second of six reports to be published in the Profile and Trends 2016 series. The key findings of Tertiary…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: September 2017

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  • The post-study earnings and destinations of young, domestic graduates

    This series of fact sheets and associated data tables provide information on the outcomes for young people who complete a qualification at a tertiary education provider in the New Zealand tertiary education system. They look at differences in earnings and…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: June 2017

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  • Moving places: Destinations and earnings of international graduates

    International students play an important role in New Zealand through the contribution they make to New Zealand’s economy, the diversity they bring to New Zealand and its education system, and the lifetime links that are created between their country and…

    Author(s): Zaneta Park, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: February 2017

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  • Profile & Trends 2015: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions [Part 2 of 6]

    This is edition 18 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions is the second of six reports to be published in the Profile and Trends 2015 series. The key findings of Tertiary…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: August 2016

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  • School to work: What matters? Education and Employment of Young People Born in 1991

    This study explores the education and employment experiences of young people born in 1991. The main purpose of the study is to explore the kinds of employment and labour market measures that can be derived from data in Statistics New…

    Author(s): David Earle, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: June 2016

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  • Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions [Part 4 of 5]

    This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions is the fourth of five new annual reports that, together, constitute the Ministry of Education's annual publication…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: December 2015

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  • What we get for what we spend: Inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure 2004-2013

    This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the Government's tertiary education expenditure over the period 2004 to 2013 in five key funds. In total, these funds distributed over $4 billion to providers and students in 2013…

    Author(s): Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: April 2015

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  • Men and women moving on up: What men and women earn after their tertiary education

    This report looks at the earnings and outcomes for young men and women who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It replicates the methodology of Moving on up – what young people earn after their tertiary…

    Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: June 2014

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  • The outcomes of tertiary education for Pasifika graduates

    This report looks at the earnings and outcomes for young Pasifika and non-Pasifika who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It replicates the methodology of Moving on up – what young people earn after their tertiary…

    Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: June 2014

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  • The outcomes of tertiary education for Māori graduates

    This report looks at the earnings and outcomes for young Māori and non-Māori who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It replicates the methodology of Moving on up – what young people earn after their tertiary…

    Author(s): Paul Mahoney, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: June 2014

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  • Was it worth it? Do low-income New Zealand student loan borrowers increase their income after studying for a tertiary qualification?

    This report looks at student loan borrowers living in New Zealand 20 to 50 years of age with pre-study incomes below the student loan repayment threshold.…

    Author(s): Ralf Engler, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education

    Date Published: June 2014

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  • What young graduates earn when they leave study

    This report looks at the outcomes for young people who complete a qualification in the New Zealand tertiary education system. It looks at differences in incomes for different types of qualifications. The information in this report can help young people…

    Author(s): Zaneta Park, Paul Mahoney, Warren Smart, Roger Smyth, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.

    Date Published: May 2014

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