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Migration, labor and business in the worlding cities of the Arabian Peninsula

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  • Gardner, Andrew M.

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This short essay, built on a foundation of more than a decade of fieldwork in the hydrocarbon-rich societies of the Arabian peninsula, distills a set of overarching threads woven through much of that time and work. Those threads include a discussion of the social heterogeneity of the Gulf State citizenries, the central role of development and urban development in these emergent economies, the multifaceted impact of migrants and migration upon these host societies, and the role of foreign 'imagineers' in the portrayal of Gulf societies, Gulf values, and Gulf social norms.

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  • Gardner, Andrew M., 2015. "Migration, labor and business in the worlding cities of the Arabian Peninsula," IDE Discussion Papers 513, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
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    1. Baldwin-Edwards, Martin, 2011. "Labour immigration and labour markets in the GCC countries: national patterns and trends," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 55239, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Hertog, Steffen, 2013. "The private sector and reform in the Gulf Cooperation Council," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 54398, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    Keywords

    Gulf Countries; Migrant labor; Migration; Urban development; Anthropolgy; Arabian Gulf States; Demography; Development;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
    • F66 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Labor

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