Comments on: Video: On the unemployment leap http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2010/02/05/video-on-the-unemployment-leap/ The Visible Hand in Economics Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:40:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matt Nolan http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2010/02/05/video-on-the-unemployment-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-22963 Matt Nolan Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:05:42 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4705#comment-22963 <a href="#comment-22953" rel="nofollow">@New Zealand holidays </a> Definitely. Immigrants create jobs and well as move into them after all. @New Zealand holidays

Definitely. Immigrants create jobs and well as move into them after all.

]]> By: New Zealand holidays http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2010/02/05/video-on-the-unemployment-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-22953 New Zealand holidays Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:17:40 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4705#comment-22953 Like many “new” countries, like the US, New Zealand is a nation of immigrants, people arriving these days generally have skills that are in short supply, or are from the less fortunate parts of the world and (generalizing) have far less skills to offer and so take on jobs that the settled population are not interested in. Unemployment is up across the world even in nations where there is very little immigration, so the fact that New Zealand’s unemployment situation is better than in most western country’s underlines the fact that immigration is not having that great an effect as many would believe Like many “new” countries, like the US, New Zealand is a nation of immigrants, people arriving these days generally have skills that are in short supply, or are from the less fortunate parts of the world and (generalizing) have far less skills to offer and so take on jobs that the settled population are not interested in.
Unemployment is up across the world even in nations where there is very little immigration, so the fact that New Zealand’s unemployment situation is better than in most western country’s underlines the fact that immigration is not having that great an effect as many would believe

]]> By: Taranfx http://www.tvhe.co.nz/2010/02/05/video-on-the-unemployment-leap/comment-page-1/#comment-22852 Taranfx Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:01:14 +0000 http://www.tvhe.co.nz/?p=4705#comment-22852 we are coming out of recession, things should change now we are coming out of recession, things should change now

]]>