This is part of the country policy brief series prepared by the ILO and OECD for the G20 labor and employment ministers. Each brief provides an overview of one or more selected employment, social protection and labor market policies.
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This study investigates the relationship between labor demand and economic growth in Saudi Arabia for the period 1990-2008 by using fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) approach. The study analyzes also the unemployment rate and its development in the economy...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 24, 2013.
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Saudi Arabia is facing a growing unemployment necessitating some radical rethinking of its current ‘localisation’ policies, and has introduced the Nitaqat or quota system which classifies local companies in different colour code zones according to the percentage...Read More
This Selected Issues paper highlights the achievements in the diversification of the economy and the developments and outlook of the hydrocarbon sector, while providing some insight into the labor market issues in the U.A.E. In addition, the recent developments in the...Read More
Emiratization, a program designed to achieve a target ratio of domestic to foreign workers employed by the private sector in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is the source of considerable debate in the economic and political arena of the country. This paper applies the...Read More
The paper examines the labor migration integration patterns, causes, and implications of deskilling on high-skilled Cameroonian labor migrants in the UAE
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Using data from a sample of 1,099 workers, this paper investigates the determinants of employment and wages for workers in the United Arab Emirates. The paper further examines the wage distribution and the decomposition of the wage gap between the public and the...Read More
This paper specifies a flexible model of labour demand in the manufacturing sector. The model is further extended to incorporate a risk function part. It allows to identify the determinants of both level and variations in the level of employment.
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