Impact of Structural Changes and Sharp Economic Growth on Labour Demand and Productivity in Latvia

The 20th International Input-Output Conference "Productivity and Efficiency Analysis" 2012
Astra Auziņa-Emsiņa

Since mid- and late 1990’s many European economies (including Latvia) experiences structural changes that were accompanied by economic growth and increasing demand for labour, however, at the same time, new technologies and improvements of labour qualification resulted in productivity growth. The aim of the research is to reveal actual sectoral trends in high level of disaggregation. The research is based on analysis and computations made on the basis of Input-Output tables of Latvia.

Keywords
input-output analysis, labour productivity, real GDP growth rate, labour demand
Hyperlink
http://www.iioa.org/files/conference-3/918.pdf

Auziņa-Emsiņa, A. Impact of Structural Changes and Sharp Economic Growth on Labour Demand and Productivity in Latvia. In: The 20th International Input-Output Conference "Productivity and Efficiency Analysis", Slovakia, Bratislava, 24-29 June, 2012. Bratislava: University of Economics in Bratislava, 2012, pp.1-1.

Publication language
English (en)