Immigrant Labour in Kuwait
By: Abdulrasool Al-Moosa
Contributors: Mclachlan, Keith
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- 2; Routledge Library Editions: Kuwait -- Volume 2
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781315163055
Subjects: Foreign workers; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Labor & Industrial Relations
Description: "Kuwait has among the highest levels of personal incomes in the Middle East and the best oil reserves to production ratios of all the exporting states. Its good material fortune is offset by its political precariousness engendered by Kuwaiti nationals forming a minority and a heavy dependency on immigrants to sustain the economy. Deep feelings of insecurity have led to calls in Kuwait for an end to immigration and the repatriation of foreign residents of the state. This book, first published in 1985, analyses the degree of dependency of Kuwait on an alien working population from the results of a unique survey undertaken among the crucial family-accompanied segment of the immigrant workforce. The authors suggest new approaches to the evaluation of the utility of the foreigners to the local economy that might help to stave off a mounting internal crisis."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 STRUCTURE OF THE IMMIGRANT LABOUR FORCE; 2.1 Origins of the immigrants; 2.2 Period of residence in Kuwait; 2.3 Educational standards; 2.4 Age structure; 2.5 Sex structure; 2.6 Occupational structure of the immigrant workforce; 2.7 Occupations of immigrant workforce in their home country; 2.8 Occupations of the immigrant workforce in Kuwait; 3 SOCIAL FACTORS RELEVANT TO IMMIGRANT WORKERS; 3.1 Geographical distribution of immigrants by nationality.; title: 3.2 Education and the labour force3.3 Social problems arising from the presence of the immigrant workforce in Kuwait; 3.4 Housing conditions of immigrant workers; 3.5 Social variables affecting immigrant labour; 3.6 Egyptian immigrants in Kuwait and in Egypt; 4 ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING THE IMMIGRANT WORKFORCE; 4.1 Wages of immigrant workers; 4.2 Skills of the foreign workforce and the appropriateness of their use; 4.3 Financial transfers by immigrant workers; 4.4 An assessment of the foreign workforce and its contribution to the Kuwaiti economy; 5 THE RELATIVE STATUS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS.; title: 5.1 Status of immigrant workers5.2 An assessment of the costs of immigrant workers to the Kuwaiti economy; 6 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK; 6.1 The political dimension of the immigrant workforce; 6.2 Conclusions; 6.3 Considerations for the future; APPENDIX: Statistical Tables Supporting the Text; INDEX.