Arab Gulf States : an assessment of nationalisation policies

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dc.contributor.authorHERTOG, Steffen
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-15T15:28:39Z
dc.date.available2014-07-15T15:28:39Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionGLMM - Gulf Labour Markets and Migration
dc.description.abstractGaps in labour rights and labour prices between nationals and migrant workers are the main causes explaining the low participation of GCC citizens in the region's private labour markets. Past policies of 'Gulfization' have not directly addressed these structural constraints but have rather attempted to impose higher nationalization quotas by fiat, with limited success. More recently, some of the Gulf governments have started to use taxes and subsidies to try to narrow the labour price gap; at the same time, some have improved the labour mobility rights of foreigners. This paper provides a preliminary assessment of these ﾓsecond generation' policies. It concludes with general observations on how the rights and price gaps could be closed more systematically and on the broader distributional reforms this might entail.
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/1814/32156
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGLMMen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch Paperen
dc.relation.ispartofseries2014/1en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
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.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectForeign & national populations
dc.subjectForeign labour
dc.subjectGCC
dc.subjectIrregularity
dc.subjectKuwait
dc.subjectLabour market
dc.subjectLabour rights
dc.subjectNational labour
dc.subjectNationalisation work force
dc.subjectPolicy implementation
dc.subjectQA
dc.subjectSaudi Arabia
dc.subjectSponsorship
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.subjectUnited Arab Emirates
dc.subjectVisas & fees
dc.subjectWork conditions
dc.titleArab Gulf States : an assessment of nationalisation policies
dc.typeTechnical Report
dspace.entity.typePublication
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