Unemployment problems in the regions of Latvia Zvirgzdina, R., Turiba University, Riga (Latvia); Jekabsone, I., Turiba University, Riga (Latvia)
Economic science for rural development,
2016
41/2016
Journal Article
In the regions of Latvia, there are vacancies, but at the same time there is unemployment and employers have problems in finding employees for their companies. The main aim of this research is to ...evaluate unemployment situation in the regions of Latvia. In the research, there will be characterised unemployment specifics in the regions of Latvia, inhabitant economic activity level and distribution by economic activity, as well as education level of unemployed people. During research there will be drawn conclusions and developed proposals for objective evaluation of unemployment situation and for improvement of remuneration in the regions of Latvia.
Analysis of well-being indicators in satellite towns, case of Latvia Jekabsone, I., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia); Sloka, B., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia); Grantins, A., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia)
Economic science for rural development,
2016
42/2016
Journal Article
A satellite town or satellite city is a concept in urban planning that refers essentially to smaller metropolitan areas which are located somewhat near to but are mostly independent of larger ...metropolitan areas (Evans & Evans, 2007). Taking into account the rapid social economic development of satellite towns, which leads to the population growth in these municipalities, it is important to ensure the well-being for their citizens. As the well-being concept is holistic and includes different dimensions, the methodology on evaluation of the well-being on local level should be developed taking into account the peculiarities of the satellite towns. The aim of the paper is to analyse the well-being indicators in satellite towns of Latvia. Main results and conclusions of the paper: based on designed methodology on identification of satellite towns, 14 satellite towns around Riga were determined. The expert survey on selection of well-being indicators proved that indicators of different areas were needed to evaluate the well-being at satellite towns. The indicators related to remuneration, employment, demography, social safety and safety were selected. On the bases of selected well-being indicators, the Well-being index for satellite towns was designed and satellite towns of Riga accordingly evaluated.
