Income and Earnings Publications
How education is related to income and earnings.
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Tertiary education of New Zealanders: a census analysis
These factsheets present data from the latest census on the attainment of tertiary education qualifications by the New Zealand working-age population. The factsheets also examine the labour market outcomes associated with attaining a tertiary qualification.…
Author(s): Bhaskaran Nair and Warren Smart
Date Published: October 2007
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Measuring the returns on investment in tertiary education three and five years after study
This study found that there were significant financial benefits to people from their investment in tertiary education, with higher returns to those who completed a qualification.…
Author(s): Bhaskaran Nair, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2007
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What factors impact on graduates' earnings three years post-study?
This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after they left study. The analysis provides new information on the extent of change in…
Author(s): Bhaskaran Nair, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis and Reporting, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: December 2006
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Outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system: A synthesis of the evidence
This report provides a synthesis of the evidence of the outcomes of the New Zealand tertiary education system. The report quotes a number of statistical studies completed over the last six years and also reproduces some previously published summaries of…
Author(s): Warren Smart
Date Published: August 2006
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How do graduates' earnings change over time?
This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after they left study and again five years after they left study. The analysis provides…
Author(s): Jamie Hyatt and Roger Smyth, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: April 2006
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Income of Student Loan Scheme Borrowers
This report provides new information on the impacts of the Student Loan Scheme by looking at the income of those who used the Scheme between 1997 and 2000. One of two analytical reports published using previously unavailable information from Statistics…
Author(s): Jamie Hyatt, Paul Gini and Roger Smyth, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: March 2005
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Living with a student loan, a profile of student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas
This report profiles student loan debt and repayment, post-study income and going overseas. One of two analytical reports using previously unavailable information from Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Dataset on Student Loan Scheme Borrowers.…
Author(s): Fiona Griffin, David Scott and Roger Smyth
Date Published: March 2005
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Māori economic outcomes from tertiary
This latest in a series of fact sheets on Māori in tertiary education provides information about student loans among Māori students. In addition, an earlier fact sheet on Māori participation in tertiary education is now updated with 2004 enrolment data.…
Author(s): Ministry of Education
Date Published: February 2005
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