Sectoral employment analysis for Saudi Arabia

Hasanov, Fakhri; Mikayilov, Jeyhun I.; Javid, Muhammad; Al-Rasasi, Moayad; Joutz, Frederick L.; Alabdullah, Mohammed B

doi:10.1080/00036846.2021.1922590

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“…This is because the utilities sector is generally less labor intensive than the agricultural sector, even though the latter is not labor intensive in Saudi Arabia compared with global averages. For example, in their sectoral employment analysis, Hasanov et al (2021) estimated that in the long run, a 1% increase in income leads to a 0.42% increase in employment in the utilities sector, while this elasticity is 0.93 for the agricultural sector. They find that the short-term income elasticities of employment are 1.98 and 0.55 for agriculture and utilities, respectively.…”

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Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Elshurafa¹,

Atawi²,

Hasanov³

et al. 2022

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The Saudi agricultural sector relies on diesel for irrigation, which is provided to farmers at a much lower price than the average global price, implying significant opportunity costs. With the aid of soft-coupled power and macro-econometric models, we assess the cost and macroeconomic implications of electrifying irrigation activities in the Saudi agricultural sector. Three electrification scenarios are considered: electrifying each individual farm with a dedicated hybrid renewable micro-grid, electrifying the entire farm cluster with central generation and connecting the entire cluster via transmission to the national grid. Compared with the base-case, connecting the farm cluster to the national grid is found to be the most economical but the least environmentally friendly. The renewable and central generation scenarios are costlier (compared with the transmission scenario) due, respectively, to the high battery costs and gas infrastructure needed.

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Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Elshurafa¹,

Atawi²,

Hasanov³

et al. 2022

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“…Saudi Arabia’s native employment in the construction sector increased by 34 percent compared to the 14 percent growth rate of foreign employment since the announcement of Nitaqat in 2011–2013 (HKS, 2015). Consequently, the share of foreign employment in the sector declined to 87 percent by 2017 (Hasanov et al, 2021). Moreover, it was also easier for the construction companies to adopt technology and automation replacing low-skilled migrant workers, apart from the aggressive recruitment of native workers to meet the Nitaqat range.…”

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“…Almost 80 percent of employment in the wholesale and retail sector was occupied by migrant workers in 2011 (Baldwin-Edwards, 2011). It declined to 77 percent by 2017 (Hasanov et al, 2021). Although our MANOVA significance test failed for this sector, it accounted for the second highest average number of high-skilled migrant jobs lost to Nitaqat after the construction sector.…”

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The impact of “Nitaqat” on Indian high-skilled migration to Saudi Arabia

Potnuru

Arora

2022

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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“Nitaqat,” the labor market nationalization policy of Saudi Arabia, aims to increase the employment of Saudi nationals by restricting the entry of foreign workers in the country. Data from a sample survey of Indian professionals working in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was analyzed using Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) Wilks’ lambda and Tukey Honestly Significant Difference tests. The findings from the exploratory study suggest that the Indian professionals who were laid off due to the policy are statistically significant between the sectors but not between the “Nitaqat” zones and the size of enterprises. The policy impact on new recruitments of Indian professionals is statistically significant between Nitaqat zones but not between sectors and the size of enterprises. The findings indicate that the opportunities for Indian high-skilled migration to Saudi Arabia are constrained in the construction sector and in yellow zone companies, while employment prospects remain in the banking and finance, education and IT and telecom sectors and in blue zone firms.

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“…On the other hand, levies were imposed on expatriates and their dependents from around mid-2016. The initiative for reforms in labour market has slowly augmented the share of Saudi citizens in the private sector (Hasanov et al, 2021). There has been a growth in the Saudi citizen employment within private sector by an average of 8 per cent annually, from 2005 to 2017, and at the same time, an increase of an average 4 per cent was noticed in the Saudi citizen employment in the public sector in the period aforementioned.…”

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Employability skills of business graduates in Saudi Arabia: Do academia and employers speak the same language?

Bindawas

2024

JMBE

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Graduate education plays a role in improving the scope for employability of graduates. It empowers them with specialized skills, advanced knowledge, and critical thinking, which increases the scope for their employability. However, in the case of Saudi Arabia, it has been reported that there is widespread unemployment in the country. Though the Saudi Arabian government has initiated measures to nurture development in education through their ‘Saudi Vision 2030’ program, a gap exists. There are strong indictors which point at a mismatch of knowledge and skills possessed by graduates in Saudi, and the requirements of the labour market. Therefore, this paper examines the apparent gap between academia and employers in terms of employability, while focusing on whether graduate students have the same set of skills that employers require. Using a review method, information was derived from secondary sources, mainly from papers having examined the same topic previously. From the findings, academia believed that the educational system needed an overhaul and economic diversification, with the creation of new employment opportunities. Though employers believed that Saudi graduates lacked soft skills impacting their employability. It was concluded that a collaboration between students and employers was required, where employers could offer inputs supporting graduate employability.

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Sectoral employment analysis for Saudi Arabia

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

The impact of “Nitaqat” on Indian high-skilled migration to Saudi Arabia

Employability skills of business graduates in Saudi Arabia: Do academia and employers speak the same language?

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