Sandra Jekabsone

University of Latvia | LU · Department of Economics

The transformation of the labour market towards more flexible work conditions took place long before the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, in the EU Member States, on average, 14.4% of the total number of employees fully or partially (sometimes) worked remotely. One of the main factors explaining the different prevalence of teleworking in EU countries is...

Development of science and research is fundamental for economic growth, as well as the competitiveness of a country. Taking into account the potential decrease of EU funds financing and the limited amount of Latvian national financing, it is necessary to ensure that the efficiency of the use of financing is maintained and raised further. The aim of...

A promising investment compiling into a national economy is one of the main conditions that might influence positive changes of the state economical situation as well as local sustainable development and modern technologies advancement. Thus, financing private and public segments will boost the national economy and create possibilities to expand co...

In the article the dynamics of labour productivity in Latvia was analyzed and the factors which have influenced the labour productivity in last 5 years were detected, to compare the productivity in Latvia with EU average. Analysing changes in productivity and labour costs in Latvia from 2013 till 2017, we can see that growth of labour costs exceeds...

An effective attraction of investments in national economy is a key factor, which will provide favorable conditions in order to perform structural changes to national economy, regional development and promotion of technical progress, that is why investments in public and private sector conduce development of national economy and will provide condit...

Productivity is the main key factor for Latvia to increased prosperity, ensuring efficient use of resources. Due to limited availability of resources and the increasing competition in the global markets, it is important for Latvia to support its economic growth through increased productivity. One of the main challenges for Latvia is the creation of...

Productivity is the main key factor for Latvia to increased prosperity, ensuring efficient use of resources. Due to limited availability of resources and the increasing competition in the global markets, it is important for Latvia to support its economic growth through increased productivity. Since 2010 the productivity of Latvia's economy has been...

Latvia and Belarus are small countries with limited scope of natural resources. However, the available mineral resources play important role in production of mineral products for domestic and foreign consumption. Main goal of the paper is to characterize the role of extraction industry in national economy and mineral products trade in two neighbori...