(Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Turkey), this paper applies panel data estimators and Juhn-Murphy Pierce …

This note details simulations of the distributional impacts of the 2009 financial crisis on households in Latvia. It … show that Latvia experienced a sharp rise in poverty, widening of the poverty gap, and a rise in income inequality due to …, which substantially mitigated household welfare. The authors also simulate the impact of Latvia's Emergency Social Safety …

To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia … dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped … the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces …

This working paper explores avenues to improve public sector efficiency in Latvia, a catching-up and ageing economy …

environment. By benchmarking Latvia vis-à-vis the other Baltic but also some CEE peers, this paper identifies potential for …