title: An optimized model for substitution of expatriate workforce in a Gulf-Council country: the Kuwaiti case.
abstract: "This article is based on data from a research project carried out during 1992-1994 to achieve a replacement mechanism and a model for the substitution of expatriate labour by Kuwaiti nationals. Since Kuwait can readily enforce its Kuwaitization policy in the public sector, the presented model aims at reducing the share of non-Kuwaitis in that sector over five years. Published data on distribution of the workforce in the public sector by nationality indicate that the non-Kuwaiti share of the total workforce is 38 per cent. The majority of [migrant] workers are unskilled or semi-skilled and engaged in production, commerce and services. Sex ratios are unbalanced and workers exhibit a high rate of literacy...." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D006280:Health Workforce; D007730:Kuwait; D008877:Middle East; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012106:Research; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012744:Sex Ratio; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status; Human Resources; Kuwait; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Literacy; Manpower Needs; Migrant Workers; Migration; Migration Policy; Models, Theoretical; Nationality; Policy; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Research Methodology; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Sex Ratio; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Western Asia