title: Factors affecting employment in the Arabian Gulf region, 1975-1985.
abstract: "This paper attempts to shed light on factors contributing to the identification of the main employment patterns in the countries of the Arab Gulf region.  It also seeks to answer the question of how determinants of employment vary between national and foreign workforces and whether these determinants have changed over time."  The countries concerned are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Looney
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D001445:Bahrain; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D009850:Oman; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011780:Qatar; D012106:Research; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014479:United Arab Emirates
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Bahrain; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment--determinants; Human Resources; Kuwait; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrant Workers; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; Oman; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Qatar; Research Methodology; Saudi Arabia; Studies; United Arab Emirates; Western Asia