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A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2013 , Article)
Though transnational labor migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of
scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic
methodologies or small non-representative ...
Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2016 , Article)
Immigration in the Arabian Gulf is governed by the kafāla (sponsorship) system,
which provides the legal basis for the residency and employment of foreign workers across
the region. Despite mounting economic, political ...
THIRD-PARTY PRESENCE EFFECT WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
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Oxford University Press
, 2015 , Article)
This paper attempts to measure the effect of third-party presence during
the interview on sensitive questions about women’s empowerment in
Morocco, a country with Muslim culture and traditions. Data are from
the 2003 ...
Gender Prespecified Sampling for Cost Control
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Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved
, 2014 , Article)
Nationally representative surveys administered in the Middle East and North Africa
typically are conducted using methodological techniques developed from outside the
region. Sometimes these best practices require ...
Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2012 , Article)
With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and
low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for
their society; despite the absence ...
Interest in volunteering for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: a nationally representative study of motivations
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Routledge
, 2022 , Article)
Qatar is the first Muslim and Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the organisation responsible for providing the required infrastructure, host country planning and ...
Donating Time or Money? The Effects of Religiosity and Social Capital on Civic Engagement in Qatar
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Springer Netherlands
, 2018 , Article)
Few studies have examined the role of religiosity and social capital on civic engagement in the context of a Muslim country. In this paper, we explore the impact of religiosity and social capital on charitable donations ...
Prevalence and potential determinants of covid-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance in qatar: Results from a nationally representative survey of qatari nationals and migrants between december 2020 and january 2021
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MDPI AG
, 2021 , Article)
Global COVID-19 pandemic containment necessitates understanding the risk of hesitance or resistance to vaccine uptake in different populations. The Middle East and North Africa currently lack vital representative vaccine ...
Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2023 , Article)
This paper examines migrant workers' subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the World Cup, Qatar has been roundly criticized for the living and working ...
Interest in volunteering for the FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: a nationally representative study of motivations
(
Routledge
, 2022 , Article)
Qatar is the first Muslim and Arab country to host the FIFA World Cup. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the organisation responsible for providing the required infrastructure, host country planning and ...