Workers of Dubai and Alaska and Las Vegas, a Temporary Country?……………
“Though the prevalence of male expatriate labourers in the UAE’s workforce is widely known, the survey made clear the vast extent of that dominance. More than 80 per cent of Dubai’s working-age population was male, the data said, and Emiratis comprised just 6.8 per cent of it. Differences between Emiratis and expatriates were evident throughout the results. The low overall unemployment rate of 0.8 per cent, for example, contrasted with an 8.7 per cent unemployment figure for Emiratis, who made up only 3 per cent of Dubai’s workforce. Low unemployment among expatriates, of course, is explained by the country’s elastic labour force: expatriate workers come to the country to work and leave when their employment ends……..”
Citizens form only 6.8% of the labor force. 93.2% are foreign temporary expatriate labor. 93.2%? This hasn’t happened maybe since Texas broke away from Mexico (Alaska and Las Vegas don’t count).
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