enterprises in the European Union (EU) are SMEs. Latvia and Lithuania are EU Member States, and SMEs are dominant in these two … from Eurostat, OECD and the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia as well as the authors’ own data from a survey (e …-commerce users: suppliers (n=112) and buyers (n=138) of goods and services) conducted in Latvia and Lithuania. An analysis of the …

The aim of the article is to assess the international competitiveness of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania …-technology goods, while the number of advantages for Estonia and Latvia was relatively small. Still, among the three Baltic States …, Estonia was found to be most competitive in this regard, although in Latvia some progress was observed. In contrast, Lithuania …

We employ EU-SILC micro data for Latvia to study how returns to education changed during the economic crisis of 2008 …. Furthermore, we show that returns to education in Latvia are generally higher in the capital city and its suburbs than outside the … capital city region, as well as for citizens of Latvia than for resident non-citizens and citizens of other countries, but …