Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia
Latvia has recorded sustained GDP and productivity growth since 1997. Yet unemployment rates, despite gradual decrease, have remained high. The paper explores the mysteries of unemployment in Latvia. It analyzes labor flows between employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation and finds the followi...
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okr-10986-89072021-04-23T14:02:42Z Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia Hazans, Mihails AGED AGGREGATE DEMAND ANATOMY BIRTH RATE CITIES DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS FAMILIES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SHORTAGE LEGISLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MORTALITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH CENTERS RETIREMENT SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE DISTRIBUTION WOMEN WORKERS WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Latvia has recorded sustained GDP and productivity growth since 1997. Yet unemployment rates, despite gradual decrease, have remained high. The paper explores the mysteries of unemployment in Latvia. It analyzes labor flows between employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation and finds the following results: The type of education and the region of residence appear to be the most important determinants of success in finding jobs by the unemployed. The unemployed from ethnic minorities have lower chances to find a job within a year, other things equal, while the difference between genders is not significant. However, neither ethnicity nor gender seems to matter as far as the transition from employment to unemployment is concerned. Regional disparities in job destruction seem to be less sizable than disparities in job creation. The analysis of job search methods by the unemployed indicates that two target groups of state employment policy (young unemployed and long-term unemployed) appear to make relatively little use of the public employment service. The author also looks at the impact of education, age, gender, ethnicity, and regional factors on individual earnings. The relative position of youth and women in Latvian labor market, compared with prime age men, is less unfavorable than in many other countries. Yet the gender wage gap has increased recently, and the same is true for regional disparities. Beneficiaries of the so-called new education system have a relatively high market value, especially with graduates from universities and general secondary schools. Finally, returns to experience seem to be nonexistent for many adult workers without higher education. 2012-06-25T14:20:56Z 2012-06-25T14:20:56Z 2005-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5624986/unemployment-earnings-structure-latvia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8907 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3504 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Eastern Europe Latvia |
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AGED AGGREGATE DEMAND ANATOMY BIRTH RATE CITIES DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS FAMILIES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SHORTAGE LEGISLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MORTALITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH CENTERS RETIREMENT SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE DISTRIBUTION WOMEN WORKERS WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT |
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AGED AGGREGATE DEMAND ANATOMY BIRTH RATE CITIES DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY EMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS FAMILIES HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL IMMIGRATION INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SHORTAGE LEGISLATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MORTALITY OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH CENTERS RETIREMENT SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE OCCUPATIONS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES WAGE DISTRIBUTION WOMEN WORKERS WORKERS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Hazans, Mihails Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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Latvia has recorded sustained GDP and productivity growth since 1997. Yet unemployment rates, despite gradual decrease, have remained high. The paper explores the mysteries of unemployment in Latvia. It analyzes labor flows between employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation and finds the following results: The type of education and the region of residence appear to be the most important determinants of success in finding jobs by the unemployed. The unemployed from ethnic minorities have lower chances to find a job within a year, other things equal, while the difference between genders is not significant. However, neither ethnicity nor gender seems to matter as far as the transition from employment to unemployment is concerned. Regional disparities in job destruction seem to be less sizable than disparities in job creation. The analysis of job search methods by the unemployed indicates that two target groups of state employment policy (young unemployed and long-term unemployed) appear to make relatively little use of the public employment service. The author also looks at the impact of education, age, gender, ethnicity, and regional factors on individual earnings. The relative position of youth and women in Latvian labor market, compared with prime age men, is less unfavorable than in many other countries. Yet the gender wage gap has increased recently, and the same is true for regional disparities. Beneficiaries of the so-called new education system have a relatively high market value, especially with graduates from universities and general secondary schools. Finally, returns to experience seem to be nonexistent for many adult workers without higher education. |
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Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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Unemployment and the Earnings Structure in Latvia |
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