Technological Change and Skill Development in Arab Gulf Countries

• Main Author: Mohamed Nour, Samia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Personnel management.; Management.; Industrial management.; Globalization.; Markets.; Labor economics.; Development economics.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Labor Economics.; Human Resource Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Development Economics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.

This book discusses skill formation, upskilling of workers, and their interaction with technological change in Gulf countries. Heavy dependence on oil, the 'Dutch Disease', and the high incidence of unskilled foreign workers have caused serious structural imbalances in the labour market in...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Introduction
• Part II: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
• Part III: Empirical Application,- Part IV: Policy Recommendations, Summary and Conclusions.