Migrants in Qatar

A Socio-Economic Profile

Bibliographic Data

ID16908775
AuthorsGanesh Seshan (Georgetown University in Qatar, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume2
Issue2
Pages157-171
Publication date2012-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arabian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-4764 • E-ISSN: 2153-4780
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21534764.2012.735458
OpenAlexW2044625060
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This first micro-level study of temporary migrants from developing countries in Qatar uses data collected during the summer of 2007. The median migrant has the following profile: male, thirty-one years of age, single and possessing a high school education. He works ten hours a day, six days per week, and earns US$3,945 per annum of which over half is remitted home to his parents. He incurred a job placement fee equivalent to 1.25 times his monthly salary. Using multivariate regression, we find that migrants' capacity for work is positively correlated with age, having a university degree, and satisfaction with sleep and mental wellbeing. Estimates of a remittance function show that males send more money home, and that migrants are motivated to save, therefore a tendency to transfer higher amounts. We also find that older migrants remit more, suggesting that as the likelihood of returning home increases with age, remittance level rises

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Remittance · Salary · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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