Latvia: Part Time Workers to Improve Employment

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: March 13, 2013; 11:21 ♦ (Vindobona)

As economic growth has recovered, also demand in the labour market is increasing. Unemployed persons traditionally are the source used to increase the number of employed persons.

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Besides them, there are other population groups considered to be additional labour force. Results of the Labour Force Survey provide information on the persons aged 15–74 that may be potential additional labour force:

  • underemployed part-time workers;
  • persons seeking work but not immediately available;
  • persons available to work but not…