Latvia has undergone major economic and social change since the early 1990s. Despite an exceptionally deep recession following the global financial crisis, impressive economic growth over the past two decades has narrowed income and productivity gaps relative to comparator countries in the OECD....

Introduction -- Trends in employment -- Unemployment and underemployment -- Casualisation -- Feminisation of labour force -- Informalisation of employment -- Emerging opportunities for employment : the case of IT and IT-enabled services with special reference to business process outsourcing --...