Labor Migrants in the Economy of GCC Countries: History, Modernity, Problems, and Perspectives

The paper aims to dissect the labor migration case of the GCC region. It shows that the aftereffects of the migration experience for the countries of the region were accompanied by a decrease in the participation of citizens in the human capital market and, in some cases, led to a shortage of money in the marketplace. Accordingly, the policymakers of these countries considered measures to nationalize the labor market. This has created difficulties for citizens and immigrants. The examples of nationalization in different countries of this region show its importance for the governments of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The research novelty lies in the fact that the complications in the economies of the GCC countries caused by a significant number of non-native laborers in the GCC countries, together with the economic sectors and natural resources of these countries, the labor market, and their own specialties, have found a solution. The source of information for this research was the Statistical Offices of the GCC countries, World Bank, International Labor Organization, GCC Statistical Center, and previous studies on this issue. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.