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Technological Change and Skill Development in Arab Gulf Countries [electronic resource] / by Samia Mohamed Nour.

By: Mohamed Nour, Samia [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contributions to Economics: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013Description: XXVI, 224 p. 23 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319019161.Subject(s): 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/GlobalizationAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 331 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- Part III: Empirical Application,- Part IV: Policy Recommendations, Summary and Conclusions.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: 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 the Gulf. The author shows that success of economic development strategies to address such imbalances are all contingent upon the development of adequate and appropriate skills in the region. This book confirms the role and impact of the deficiencies in the educational system alongside the well established effects of the excessive use of uneducated foreign workers and lack of incentives in the labour market. A comprehensive investigation of the skill problem and an elaborate in-depth analysis to assess the causes, consequences and relationships between poor skills and technological performance are highlights of this book. This is an ideal resource for policy makers in the Gulf region and researchers of the topic. .
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Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework -- Part III: Empirical Application,- Part IV: Policy Recommendations, Summary and Conclusions.

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 the Gulf. The author shows that success of economic development strategies to address such imbalances are all contingent upon the development of adequate and appropriate skills in the region. This book confirms the role and impact of the deficiencies in the educational system alongside the well established effects of the excessive use of uneducated foreign workers and lack of incentives in the labour market. A comprehensive investigation of the skill problem and an elaborate in-depth analysis to assess the causes, consequences and relationships between poor skills and technological performance are highlights of this book. This is an ideal resource for policy makers in the Gulf region and researchers of the topic. .

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