Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
ABOUT
George Naufal is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The American University of Sharjah, where he has been since 2007, and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). He received a B.A. in Economics from the American University of Beirut in 2001 and a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas A&M University in 2007.
His primary research includes migration and its consequences mainly the impact of remittances on the remitting countries. His secondary research interests include the effects of social networks on different aspects of the economy. George’s research has focused mostly on the Middle East and North Africa region with an emphasis on the Gulf countries.
He is the co-author of “Expats and the Labor Force: The Story of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). He also has published several journal articles and book chapters. His work has been cited by regional and international media outlets including the National, Gulf News and the New York Times.
Professor Naufal has served as a consultant for a number of organizations and corporations on issues related to the Middle East region.
Discipline
Economics
Sub Areas
Development
Education
Gulf Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Population Studies
Public Policy
Geographic Areas of Interest
All Middle East
Gulf
Specialties
Migration And Remittances
Economic Development
Applied Economics
Languages
Arabic (native)
French (fluent)
English (fluent)
Education
PhD
| 2007
| Economics
| Texas A&M University
Abstracts
Remittance Outflows: The New Dimension of the Structural Change in the Source of Labor in the GCC
The Flow of Information in the Story of a Typical Expatriate Worker in the Gulf
The data dilemma: The case of the GCC countries
