Unemployment Challenge and Labor Market Participation of Arab Gulf Youth: A Case Study of the UAE

Anita Poplavskaya; Tatiana Karabchuk; Aizhan Shomotova

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-7796-1_30

Unemployment Challenge and Labor Market Participation of Arab Gulf Youth: A Case Study of the UAE

Anita Poplavskaya
, Tatiana Karabchuk
, Aizhan Shomotova

Department of Government and Society

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Abstract

The goal of the study is to explore the unemployment challenge for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) youth in comparison with other Gulf countries. The chapter uses multiple data sources to provide a complex analysis of recent dynamics and the current situation of school-to-work transition among Emirati youth. The empirical part of the analysis provides the rear information on actual career paths and challenges for youth to find their first job. Skills shortages and lack of professional qualities are among the frequently named reasons for not getting a job. For young women, such obstacles as family responsibilities and geographical restriction of job search are reported. Young men find jobs much faster than women. The main channels of job search for the Emiratis are personal liaisons and university contacts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gulf Studies
Publisher	Springer
Pages	511-529
Number of pages	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7796-1_30
Publication status	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	Gulf Studies
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	2662-4494
ISSN (Electronic)	2662-4508

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Job search
Lack of professional skills
Public sector preferences
The UAE
Unemployment
Youth

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Development
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations

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