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Professor Nader Habibi on job market conditions for college graduates in the Middle East.
May 20, 2015 | Leave a Comment
Professor Nader Habibi has a new op-ed on the job market prospects for college graduates in the Middle East. In the Middle East, government policies encourage many people to get a college degree. However given other labor market regulations, the supply of college graduates far exceeds their demand. Thus Professor Habibi argues:
Many will join the ranks of the unemployed and of those who manage to find employment a good portion will have to accept jobs that are either low-skilled or unrelated to their field of specialisation.