Why baby boom won’t solve Latvia’s upcoming labour shortage
Death rate is still bigger than the number of newborns, and there is simply not enough women to have them.
Latvia’s ageing dilemma
Why return of expats is false hope for Latvia’s labour problems
At least 9,500 people should return to Latvia from abroad every year in order to compensate the expected shortage of labor. Currently, the number of returned expats is half of that and an exodus continues.
Will automation bring liveable wages to fast-food restaurant employees?
Latvia will lose 20 percent of its current workforce by 2030. Automation is floated as the solution to the impending labor shortages to overshadow the debate about low wages or foreign workforce.
Past experiences dampen Latvia’s appetite to patch looming labour gap
Negative memories of forced migration during the Soviet occupation hold back a discussion how to fill predicted 35,000 labour gap.
Guest workers
A Country for Old Men
Latvia is slowly aging. Schools are shut down and transformed into old folks homes. By 2030, almost half of Latvia’s inhabitants are projected to be over the age of 50 while the number of working people will drop by one…