Structural changes in the labor force of the receiving country can provide some important clues to the speed and nature of replacement of migrant workers by indigenous ones. This article analyzes changes in the Kuwaiti labor force with regard to volume, age and sex composition, retention in the labor force, productivity, type of occupation, and sector of activity. The labor force participation of females has increased substantially, and they comprised 31% of the national labor force in 1993. Kuwaiti females participate mainly in the professional or technical and clerical occupations. -from Author

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