SPECIAL REPORT: Do statistics reflect reality for Latvia’s young workers?

  • 2015-03-04
  • By Doireann McDermott
A recent survey, published by Latvia’s Central Statistics Bureau, paints a positive picture for Latvian salaries, showing average wage growth in Latvia of 6.8 percent year on year. However, despite these figures, what do young Latvian workers actually feel about their salaries, their job security, and the training they receive in the Latvian jobs market? Youth employment has been a casualty of the financial crisis throughout the Eurozone, and Latvia has been no exception. But are Latvian employees taking advantage of job scarcity to keep wages low ...
 
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