Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED)

Linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) provides statistics on filled jobs, job flows, worker flows, mean and median earnings for continuing jobs and new hires, and total earnings. This information gives an insight into the operation of New Zealand's labour market.

LEED uses existing administrative data drawn from the taxation system, together with business data from Statistics NZ's Business Frame.

Statistics New Zealand releases other official labour market statistics that show changes in employment at an aggregate level. Statistics from LEED, such as job and worker flows, help to explain what causes these aggregate movements and are therefore useful for explaining changes in the labour market.

LEED has the potential to improve the knowledge base for policy development in employment, business performance, productivity, firm creation and growth, employee turnover, and many other areas.

Information releases

• Linked Employer-Employee Data – information releases

Data

• LEED quarterly tables
• LEED annual tables

Reports and articles

• Annual measures of job creation and destruction in New Zealand (2010)
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Employment outcomes of tertiary education

• Employment Outcomes of Tertiary Education Technical Report and Feasibility Assessment (2009) 
• What Do Students Earn After Their Tertiary Education? (2009)
• Does Workplace-Based Industry Training Improve Earnings? (2009)   
• Employment Outcomes of Tertiary Education Feasibility Study (2009) 
• Prototype Statistics on Employment Outcomes of Tertiary Education

Information about data

• LEED quarterly technical notes
• LEED annual technical notes
• Guide to Interpreting the LEED data
• Person-Level Statistics Using Linked Employer-Employee Data