Coronavirus: How the Gulf economy has allowed women to keep their jobs?
In Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, female citizens have kept their jobs amid the coronavirus at higher rates than in Western countries. This reflects the unique labor market structures of the Gulf countries.
In this article Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, explains how the coronavirus pandemic caused a higher rise in male unemployment than female in the GCC countries.
Dr. Omar Al-Ubaydli, Director, Studies and Research