Three essays on economic development, oil and labour migration
Three essays on economic development, oil and labour migration
This dissertation analyses a number of issues of concern to developing countries in general and to the Middle East in particular. It examines the effects of oil revenues on economic development and labour migration in the Middle East. The thesis is comprised of three independent essays.
The first essay is an empirical study, while the second and third essays are theoretical works. The first essay concerns the role of government finance in economic development. It has been suggested that the Gulf states have not made effective use of oil revenues to promote economic development. An empirical approach was adopted to examine available evidence on whether or not governments have played a positive role in the development process. This study focuses on the role of public finance in economic development. The effects of various kinds of public spending and revenues (mainly taxes) on development are examined.
The second essay specifically deals with the issues of Dutch disease and labour migration. It examines the effects of the oil-boom in the Gulf states in the framework of a Dutch disease model. This model indicates that labour immigration may offset the effects of Dutch disease in the Gulf states. However, this may effectively shift the symptoms of Dutch disease to labour exporting countries. In Egypt more than 40% of exports earnings come in the form of remittances by overseas workers.
Essay three examines the role of endogenous overseas migration and remittances in an economy with a distorted labour market. It studies the impact of population growth, minimum wage laws and other exogenous changes in such an economy. The response to various shocks in a model with endogenous migration and two types of labour - educated and uneducated - is shown to be dependent on the rigidity in the provision of education i.e. whether the number of educated workers is endogenous or exogenous in this economy.
University of Southampton
Wahba, Jackline Emile
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1994
Wahba, Jackline Emile
bee6bcb4-34ff-4ae5-b6ab-11ee97a0c8d0
Wahba, Jackline Emile
(1994)
Three essays on economic development, oil and labour migration.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This dissertation analyses a number of issues of concern to developing countries in general and to the Middle East in particular. It examines the effects of oil revenues on economic development and labour migration in the Middle East. The thesis is comprised of three independent essays.
The first essay is an empirical study, while the second and third essays are theoretical works. The first essay concerns the role of government finance in economic development. It has been suggested that the Gulf states have not made effective use of oil revenues to promote economic development. An empirical approach was adopted to examine available evidence on whether or not governments have played a positive role in the development process. This study focuses on the role of public finance in economic development. The effects of various kinds of public spending and revenues (mainly taxes) on development are examined.
The second essay specifically deals with the issues of Dutch disease and labour migration. It examines the effects of the oil-boom in the Gulf states in the framework of a Dutch disease model. This model indicates that labour immigration may offset the effects of Dutch disease in the Gulf states. However, this may effectively shift the symptoms of Dutch disease to labour exporting countries. In Egypt more than 40% of exports earnings come in the form of remittances by overseas workers.
Essay three examines the role of endogenous overseas migration and remittances in an economy with a distorted labour market. It studies the impact of population growth, minimum wage laws and other exogenous changes in such an economy. The response to various shocks in a model with endogenous migration and two types of labour - educated and uneducated - is shown to be dependent on the rigidity in the provision of education i.e. whether the number of educated workers is endogenous or exogenous in this economy.
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Published date: 1994
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