Demography, migration, and the labour market in Bahrain

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dc.contributor.authorDE BEL-AIR, Françoise
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-18T12:26:29Z
dc.date.available2015-05-18T12:26:29Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionGLMM - Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
dc.description.abstractMid-2013, estimates of Bahrain s population stood at 1,253,191 persons, of whom 638,361 (51 per cent) were foreign nationals. Most were from Asia (85 per cent) and especially from India (half of all foreign residents). Eighty per cent of expatriates are employed. They account for 77 per cent of the employed population and 81 per cent of the private sector s workforce. Asians are overwhelmingly involved in services and blue collar occupations, while Arabs more often fill managerial posts. Immigration flows to the Kingdom increased significantly over the 2000s, fuelled by high oil prices and the ensuing boom in the construction and services sectors. This demonstrates the difficulty to reconcile labour reforms, and especially, the Bahrainisation of the work force, with the maximisation of economic productivity.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe GLMM programme is conducted by the Gulf Research Centre (GRC) and the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) and financed by the Open Society Foundations (OSF).
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/35882
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGLMMen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExplanatory noteen
dc.relation.ispartofseries06/2015en
dc.relation.urihttp://gulfmigration.eu/
dc.relation.urihttp://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu
dc.relation.urihttp://www.grc.net/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subjectBahrain
dc.subjectPolitics
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectSponsorship
dc.subjectForeign & national populations
dc.subjectForeign population
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectNational & foreign labour
dc.subjectNaturalisation
dc.titleDemography, migration, and the labour market in Bahrain
dc.typeTechnical Report
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