Publications & Documents

Latvia Policy Brief - Re-invigorating labour productivity growth in Latvia

Better access to education and affordable housing would help strengthen the skills of the workforce, increase labour mobility and reduce skills matches.

Latvia policy Brief: Strengthening the formation and upgrading of skills in Latvia

Educational attainment has improved, but educational outcomes still need to be enhanced.

Access to Justice for Business and Inclusive Growth in Latvia

Taxation Household Savings: Key findings for Latvia

This note presents marginal effective tax rates (METRs) that summarise the tax system’s impact on the incentives to make an additional investment in a particular type of savings. By comparing METRs on different types of household savings, we can gain insights into which assets or savings types receive the most favourable treatment from the tax system

OECD Reviews of Pension Systems: Latvia

Measuring Tax Support for R&D and Innovation - country profiles

The 2017 OECD R&D tax incentive country profiles provide detailed information on the design features and cost of tax provisions used by countries to incentivise R&D performance by businesses, reporting on both long-term and recent trends.

Moving up the global value chain in Latvia

Stronger integration in global value chains would speed up economic convergence to advanced OECD economies and raise living standards.

Latvia: Country Health Profile 2017

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 - highlights by country

These notes present selected country highlights from the OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2017 with a specific focus on digital trends among all themes covered.

Boosting economic opportunities and wellbeing in Latvia: why housing matters

Unemployment is still above 8% in Latvia and contributes to poverty, in part because many unemployed have been without a job for an extended period of time.