Expats and the Labor Force: The Story of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

About G. NaufalI. Genc

GEORGE NAUFAL is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The American University of Sharjah Sharjah the UAE and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). His primary research interests include labor economics with an emphasis on migration and remittances. He has published widely on the Middle East and North Africa region with an emphasis on the Gulf countries. Beside his academic involvement he is a consultant on local and regional issues. He has a PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University. ISMAIL H. GENC is currently Professor of Economics at the American University of Sharjah Sharjah the UAE. Professor Genc received his PhD in Economics from the Texas A&M University in December 1999. His research and teaching specialties include monetary economics and applied time series forecasting with an international focus. He was in Economics and Statistics departments at the University of Idaho USA as Associate Professor with tenure. He also served as Vice-President of the Southwestern Economics Association (USA) and currently sits in various editorial boards and provides expert testimony to governmental bodies and private companies on forecast related matters and conducts executive training and delivers public speeches on his expertise. His work has been recognized with grants and contracts as well as several awards/honors. Dr. Genc is fluent in Turkish and English.