This paper examines recent changes in weekly income levels and dispersion for Māori, New Zealand's indigenous ethnic group. Changes in the Māori income distribution between 1997 and 2003 reflect rapid increases in economic growth and employment rate. A reduced proportion of people had zero or...

This paper uses census data to identify the main changes in the individual-level income distribution of working-aged Māori between 1991 and 2001, and to analyse the effects of changes in the distribution of socio-demographic attributes and labour market activity patterns on the Māori income...