Employment Patterns in a Capital-Rich, Labour-Poor Country
Qatar as a Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11401720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert E Looney (0000-0002-1252-1319, Naval Postgraduate School, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-121 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0225-5189 • E-ISSN: 2158-9100 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02255189.1991.9669423 |
| OpenAlex | W1998415778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of employment creation in a small labour-importing country, Qatar. The main findings of the study suggest that a general decline in worker productivity has taken place in the country. This decline is evidenced primarily by the lack of a strong link between increases in employment and corresponding increases in output. In part, this phenomenon reflects the excessive retention and even expansion of the number of public sector workers, during a period of contraction of employment opportunities in the mixed (and presumably private) sectors
Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Labour economics · Phenomenon · Private capital · Private sector · Productivity · Public sector · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Unemployment and Economic Growth
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |