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Countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – have made tremendous progress in the past decades, building cities at the forefront of innovation, becoming global leaders in select industries,...Read More

Besides the desk review and statistical data analysis of the 2011 labour force survey and administrative data, some 10 stakeholders – government officials, former executives of employment agencies, representatives of social partners (trade unions and employer...Read More

This policy brief examines the influence of demographic transition and migration on the development of the Kuwait labour market and economy. Read More

This paper establishes the conceptual setting and provides the background, and describes the present structure of the labor market in the GCC countries. The evolvong labor market challenges and policies in the GCC countries are discussed, along with the impact of labor...Read More

This paper examines government policies in a labor market where expatriates constitute a sizeable majority of the labor force. It develops a large rm version of the matching model with intrafirm bargaining and constant returns in production. In the model, the firm’s...Read More

This paper on Saudi Arabia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on June 13, 2012. Read More

It includes detailed data on Labor Force. Read More

It includes detailed data on labor and unemployment rates. Read More

It includes detailed data on labor and unemployment rates Read More

It includes detailed data on Labor Force. Read More