This paper investigates the effect of export entry on productivity, employment and wages of Latvian and Estonian firms … in the context of global value chain (GVC). Like in many countries, exporting firms in Latvia and Estonia are more … firms also realise more than 23% and 14% higher labour productivity level as the result of export entry. Export entry also …

using a large anonymised firm-level database for Latvia. It finds that some characteristics of exporting firms, such as a … higher productivity level, larger size, lower indebtedness and higher profitability are associated with longer duration of …

Latvia’s productivity growth is held back by weak innovation and inefficient resource allocation. The shortage of … efficient insolvency regime, and reducing substantial state ownership would improve the allocation of resources. Latvia also … relates to the 2019 OECD Economic Survey of Latvia (http://www.oecd.org/economy/surveys/latvia-economic-snapshot/) …

is to calculate the total factor productivity by industry both in Latvia and Lithuania for better understanding of … growth and, positively influence productivity, thus providing a platform for sustainable growth and development. Productivity …. These researches have shown that one of the more accurate methods of the productivity measurement is a calculation of total …