Critiquing the OECD’s Employment Protection Legislation Index for individual dismissals: The importance of procedural requirements

2019 ◽  
pp. 0143831X1985641 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Harcourt ◽  
Gregor Gall ◽  
Arjun Sree Raman ◽  
Helen Lam ◽  
Richard Croucher
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Employment Protection Legislation ◽  
Member States ◽  
Protection Legislation ◽  
Principal Method

Key EU agencies have successfully urged member states to scale back employment protection legislation as a solution to unemployment. The economic arguments for this reform are mixed, with recent empirical evidence largely unsupportive. Critics have also raised doubts about the accuracy of the OECD’s Employment Protection Legislation Index, which is the principal method EU agencies use to target so-called high-protection regimes. This article supplements existing criticisms of the OECD index by arguing that it fails to account for procedural requirements in assessing the difficulties and costs of carrying out individual dismissals. Evidence from New Zealand, ostensibly a low-protection country, demonstrates procedural requirements can pose the main impediments to carrying out individual dismissals. This suggests the need for revision of the OECD Employment Protection Legislation Index or the use of other indices instead.

Open to competition? Competitive density and the growth of young New Zealand ventures

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-358
Author(s):  
D Hugh Whittaker ◽  
Benjamin Fath ◽  
Antje Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Competitive Dynamics ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Young Growth

Drawing on 180 survey responses from young, New Zealand-based ventures, we investigate effects of the number of perceived serious competitors on venture growth. We find empirical evidence for an inverse U-shaped relationship between competitive density and young venture growth. We further find that persistent innovation – requiring both initial innovative intent and a recent record of innovation – not only promotes young growth but also moderates the relationship between competitive density and young venture growth. Overall, the study shows that the growth of young ventures committed to persistent innovation is less affected by competitive dynamics compared to non-innovators. JEL Classification: L10, L22, L26, O30

Urban management, destination management and urban destination management: a comparative review with issues and examples from New Zealand

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas G. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Urban Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Comparative Review ◽  
Multiple Actors

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to first outline the central thrust of two currently non-convergent but intrinsically related streams of research – urban management and destination management – and explore the links between them. Both require an approach which coordinates and integrates multiple actors and functions in dynamic settings. Design/methodology/approach – The paper then analyses empirical examples from three New Zealand cities to illustrate relationships between destination management and urban management in practice. Findings – These cases show that without being labelled as such, quite a lot of activity takes place which reflects dimensions of both destination management and urban management, especially in terms of integration and coordination. This raises questions of just what constitutes destination management, a series of discrete ad hoc actions or some broader vision and framework. Originality/value – Empirical evidence from the three New Zealand cities shows that, with the exception of Dunedin, destination management is not a term or a concept that is explicitly used there. Nevertheless, without being labelled as such, in practice there is quite a lot of activity taking place which reflects dimensions of both destination management and urban management, especially in terms of integration and coordination.

Evaluation and Assessment of Privatization Outcomes: A Conceptual Model and Empirical Evidence

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 481-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Molz ◽  
T Hafsi
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluations ◽  
Evaluative Research ◽  
Evaluation And Assessment

The authors develop and apply a schema to evaluate outcomes of privatization. The schema is applied to evaluative research conducted on privatizations in France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The findings indicate that comprehensive evaluations of privatization outcomes are wanting.

scholarly journals Paid parental leave policy: a response to Maureen Baker

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Callister ◽  
Judith Galtry
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Leave Policy ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Paid Parental Leave

In the August 2011 issue of Policy Quarterly, Maureen Baker sets out to outline ‘Key issues in parental leave policy’. One aim of the article was to examine ‘some of the continuing debates about paid parental leave’. However, we argue that the article fails to advance debates about paid parental leave in New Zealand, because: 1) it does not adequately engage with recent national and international literature; 2) it lacks new empirical evidence; 3) its theoretical basis is confused; and 4) no clear, new policy directions are promoted.  

Higher Intensity, Higher Profit? Empirical Evidence from Dairy Farming in New Zealand

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 739-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanglin Ma ◽  
Alan Renwick ◽  
Kathryn Bicknell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Dairy Farming
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