Expats and the labor force [electronic resource] : the story of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries / George Naufal and Ismail Genc.
"This book examines the flows of people and money in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The book outlines the reasons that made the Gulf region a destination for millions of migrants. Taking advantage of the discovery of large hydrocarbon reserves and relatively stable political envi...
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Series: | Economics of the Middle East.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Why Move to the Gulf?; 2 History of Labor Migration to the Gulf; 3 Foreign Workers and the Labor Force; 4 Remittance Outflows; 5 Macroeconomic Effects of Remittance; 6 Data Limitation in the Middle East and; Notes; Bibliography; Index.