إعادة هيكلة العمالة، حسب المهن، في القطاع الصناعي التحويلي غير النفطي لدولة الكويت

Abstract EN

This paper aims at using an Input-Output based decomposition analysis to assess the sources of structural changes in the Kuwaiti occupational labor force (1983-1995).

The analysis covers four main categories of structural change: technological change, final demand, interaction between technological change and final demand, and economic growth.

Nine manufacturing activities along with seven occupations are considered.

The main findings of the analysis are: (a) production workers are the most affected by the four sources of structural changes, (b) final demand plays a leading role in changing the demand for different occupations.

Local investment, consumption, and import have a distinguished effect in this respect, and (c) technological change affects mainly capital-intensive activities, such as basic metals, fabricated metal, and food and beverage.

The impact of final demand is associated mainly with fabricated metal, chemicals product except petrochemicals, and textile and clothes activities.

As far as the policy implications are concerned, it is suggested that such policy should be decomposed, as well, to reflect the peculiarity of different activities and their sensitivity to the source of structural changes covered by the paper.