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  2. Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia

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    Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates describe the foreign workers who have moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for work. As a result of the proximity of the UAE to South Asia and a better economy and job opportunities, most of the migrant foreign workers are from India , Nepal , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , Philippines and Pakistan .

  3. Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

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    [36] [39] These policies have focused both on the supply of foreign labor and the demand of foreign labour. [ 31 ] [ 34 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] Examples of the former include increasing the costs of living, for example through indirect taxes, [ 36 ] [ 40 ] cracking down on migrant workers illegally residing in the GCC countries, [ 36 ] [ 39 ] [ 41 ...

  4. International factor movements - Wikipedia

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    The occupations that foreign unskilled workers fall into may in some cases actually be complements to the occupations of domestic unskilled workers, and, therefore, the work of the foreign unskilled workers could raise the marginal productivity of domestic laborers, rather than reduce their wages and employment rates as the traditional model ...

  5. Labour economics - Wikipedia

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    Labour demand is a derived demand; that is, hiring labour is not desired for its own sake but rather because it aids in producing output, which contributes to an employer's revenue and hence profits. The demand for an additional amount of labour depends on the Marginal Revenue Product (MRP) and the marginal cost (MC) of the worker.

  6. Income inequality metrics - Wikipedia

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    This is particularly used to measure that fraction of income accruing to top earners – top 10%, 1%, 0.1%, 0.01%, and also "top 100" earners or the like; in the US top 400 earners is 0.0002% of earners (2 in 1,000,000) – to study concentration of income – wealth condensation, or rather income condensation. For example, in the chart at ...

  7. Economic impact of illegal immigration to the United States

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    This decreased by 1.3 million to 11.2 million by July 2008 (11%) due to either increased law enforcement or fewer job opportunities. Based on the Department of Homeland Security estimates in 2009, unauthorized immigrant population living in the United States decreased to 10.8 million in January 2009.

  8. Remittance - Wikipedia

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    An estimated 10 million Bangladeshis, working abroad have sent $15 billion to home in 2018 and $18.32 billion in 2019. [29] It is the country's second-largest source of foreign earnings after its gigantic textile industry. Bangladesh is one of the top 10 countries in the world for migration and remittance according to World Bank.

  9. Income elasticity of demand - Wikipedia

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    It is measured as the ratio of the percentage change in quantity demanded to the percentage change in income. For example, if in response to a 10% increase in income, quantity demanded for a good or service were to increase by 20%, the income elasticity of demand would be 20%/10% = 2.0.