Mouawiya Al Awad will give our last 'Lecture series' in Abu Dhabi Monday 28^th Nov. 2016 during the common break 12:30 to 1:30 in FF1-2-068. A light lunch will be served.

 Developments in UAE Population & Labor Market

In this presentation he offers a general overview of the UAE population, evolution of Emirati and expatriate labor forces along the main developments of the UAE private labor market.  He sheds light on the demographic imbalances, population pyramids, fertility, duration of stay, turnover ratio, internal mobility, unemployment and Emiratization.  

Dr. Mouawiya Al Awad currently is the Director of the Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER) at Zayed University in Dubai, and previously an Economic Advisor at Dubai Economic Council, Director of the Centre for Labor Market Research and Information at the National Human Resource Development & Employment Authority (Tanmia), and Visiting Professor in Economics at the American University of Technology (Lebanon) and the UAE University (UAE), Associate Professor of Economics at UAEU. 

Dr. Al Awad has a PhD in Economic and Master in Statistics from North Carolina State University.  His publications and research interests focus on economic development, socioeconomic aspects of developments, macroeconomics, international finance, labor economics applied econometrics and statistics.  Dr. Al Awad has an extensive research experience in UAE and Gulf economies on macroeconomic and sectors levels as well as on related issues such as population, education, human development.

Rima Sabban - Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies