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Influx of low-wage, low-skilled workers grows scale but not productivity: report

NZIER report questions value to NZ of seasonal workers including those on the RSE programme.

Dita De Boni Tue, 20 Apr 2021

There is no proof that a large influx of short-term migration to fill labour gaps, including those that come from the islands to pick fruit and vegetables each year, are contributing to increasing New Zealand’s productivity statistics – and some evidence that there are net negatives to such

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