Lindy Fursman

Title

Senior Associate

Qualifications

Ph.D (University of California, Berkeley) 2002
M.A.(University of California, Berkeley) 1997

Profile

Following completion of her doctorate at UC Berkeley in 2002, Lindy worked for the Treasury and the Department of Labour before leaving to work as an independent research and policy consultant.  She has worked for a number of government organisations in this capacity, including the Department of Labour, the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and the Families Commission. Her interests include the intersection between family and labour market policies, including working hours and work-life balance, and the impact of these policies on migration.

She is currently part of the team working on the FRST-funded research project Education capital formation, employment, migration, gender, work-life balance and missing men and is exploring two issues: measurement issues relating to the size and breadth of New Zealand’s diaspora; and the links between lifestyle factors and the behaviours of New Zealand migrants and expatriates.

Selected Recent Publications

Fursman, L. (2010) Living the Good Life? New Zealand expatriates, intentions to return, and the importance of lifestyle, IPS WP 10/06, Wellington: Institute of Policy Studies.

Fursman, L. and Zodgekar, N. (2009)  “New Zealand families and their experiences with flexible work.” Family Matters 81: 25-36

Fursman, L. (2008) “Working long hours in New Zealand”. The Statistics Newsletter 42, September. OECD: Paris

Fursman, L. and Callister, P. (2008) Men’s Participation in Unpaid Care: A review of the literature. The Department of Labour and Ministry of Women’s Affairs. Wellington, New Zealand

Fursman, L.  and N. Zodgekar. (2008).  Give and Take: families perceptions and experiences of flexible work in New Zealand.  Families Commission.  Wellington, New Zealand

Fursman, L. (2008) Working Long Hours in New Zealand:  A profile of long hours workers using data from the 2006 Census. Department of Labour and the Families Commission.  Wellington, New Zealand

Fursman, L. (2006) Work-Life Balance in New Zealand: A snaphot of employee and employers attitudes and experiences. Department of Labour. Wellington, New Zealand

Varuhas, J; Fursman, L; Jacobsen, V. (2004) Work and Family Balance: An Economic View. New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 04/02, March

Jacobsen, V; Fursman, L; Bryant, J; Claridge, M; Jensen, B. (2003) Theories of the Family and Policy. New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 03/26, September