新西兰2024年制度下的福利制裁影响到2%的领取者,主要是超过未完成的任命,而不是拒绝就业,在减少失业方面成效有限。 Benefit sanctions under New Zealand’s 2024 system affected 2% of recipients, mainly over missed appointments, not job refusal, with limited success in reducing unemployment.

新西兰2024年交通灯系统对福利的处罚只影响到约2%的求职者和单亲父母支助领取者,主要原因是没有预约或没有做好工作准备,而不是没有参加工作。 Benefit sanctions under New Zealand’s 2024 traffic light system have affected only about 2% of JobSeeker and Sole Parent Support recipients, primarily due to missed appointments or lack of work preparation, not job non-participation. 尽管到2025年9月达到12,900人——这是政策前平均制裁的两倍——但最大的制裁减少了福利,年轻人、男子以及毛利人和太平洋人受到的影响特别大。 Despite rising to 12,900 by September 2025—double the pre-policy average—most sanctions reduced benefits, with young people, men, and Māori and Pacific individuals disproportionately impacted. Rob Heyes指出, 工作短缺限制了政策效力, 有可能导致更深的贫穷或低质量的工作, 数据差距阻碍追踪就业结果。 Economist Rob Heyes says job scarcity limits the policy’s effectiveness, risking deeper poverty or poor-quality work, and data gaps prevent tracking employment outcomes. 在2025年9月前,求职者领取者为218,000人,超过190,000项基线制裁,可能减缓了增长,但未能达到政府的2030年目标,这凸显了劳动力市场结构性制约因素。 With JobSeeker recipients at 218,000 by September 2025—above the 190,000 baseline—sanctions may have slowed growth but failed to meet the government’s 2030 target, highlighting structural labor market constraints.