Beyond Study Publications
The impacts of education beyond study, including jobs and earnings, income and wealth, health, and other social and economic wellbeing outcomes
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Education and health
Education contributes to wider wellbeing beyond better employment and earning prospects. This short report explores how education is related to health, using one measure of health, self-reported assessment of overall health.…
Author(s): David Scott, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education
Date Published: January 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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Not just about NEETs: A rapid review of evidence on what works for youth at risk of limited employment
The Ministry of Education commissioned this evidence review, with support from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, to determine how to improve interventions for young people who are likely to experience poorer than average employment over their lifetime.…
Author(s): Mandy McGirr, Independant Contractor and David Earle, Tertiary, Ministry of Education
Date Published: May 2019
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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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What did they do? The field of study of domestic graduates 2008-2016
This report analyses the field of study of domestic graduates in the New Zealand tertiary education system between 2008 and 2016.…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: January 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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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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What did they do? The field of study of domestic graduates 2008-2015
This report analyses the field of study of domestic graduates in the New Zealand tertiary education system between 2011 and 2015 for below bachelors level and between 2008 and 2015 for bachelors level or higher.…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: November 2016
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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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What did they do? The field of study of domestic graduates 2011-2014
This report analyses the field of study of domestic graduates from the New Zealand tertiary education system between 2011 and 2014.…
Author(s): Warren Smart, Ministry of Education
Date Published: January 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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Social and cultural outcomes for wānanga students
This report provides descriptive breakdowns of the relationships between having studied at a wānanga and language, culture and socio-economic wellbeing. The appendix to the report provides further analysis controlling for background characteristics of wānanga students, which confirms the descriptive analysis…
Author(s): Chris Lane and David Earle [Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis - Graduate Achievement, Vocations and Careers: Ministry of Education]
Date Published: December 2015
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What young graduates do when they leave study
This report focuses on the destinations of young domestic graduates. It complements our recent publication 'What young graduates earn when they leave study' which looks at the earnings of young graduates who remain in New Zealand. In this report, we…
Author(s): Zaneta Park, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, Ministry of Education.
Date Published: June 2014
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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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