title: Structural change in the Arabian Gulf:  impact of the foreign workforce.
abstract: "This paper aims to throw light on issues related to the actual economic impact of the non-national labour force by exploring areas in which such labour force contributes to diversification of the labour-receiving country and how non-national workers differ from their national counterparts in effecting structural changes in the Arab Gulf region....[The author analyzes] sectoral patterns of production in member States of the Arab Monetary Fund for 1975 and 1985...."
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D008877:Middle East; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Arab Countries; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Conditions--changes; Economic Factors; Human Resources; Labor Force; Labor Migration; Macroeconomic Factors; Migrant Workers; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Studies