Sieviešu bezdarbu ietekmējošo faktoru analīze un risinājumi Latvijā: promocijas darba kopsavilkums zinātnes doktora grāda zinātnes doktore (Ph.D.) sociālajās zinātnēs iegūšanai = Analysis and solutions of factors affecting female unemployment in Latvia: Summary of the doctoral thesis for the acquiring doctoral degree doctor of science (Ph.D.) in social sciences

The hypothesis of the doctoral thesis: the assessment of the factors contributing to women’s unemployment in Latvia will contribute to the development of more effective measures and scenarios to promote women’s inclusion in the labour market. The aim of the doctoral thesis: to assess the factors affecting women’s unemployment in Latvia and to develop recommendations for promoting women’s employment. To achieve the aim, the following specific research tasks were set: 1) to analyse the scientific literature on the theoretical framework and guidelines of unemployment, models of unemployment analysis, women’s unemployment, historical aspects of women’s unemployment and social inclusion of women in the labour market; 2) to assess Latvian and EU legal and policy planning documents on legal protection of the unemployed and promotion of women’s employment; 3) to analyse factors related to women’s employment, to understand the causes of women’s unemployment, to find out the experience of other European countries in reducing unemployment and to calculate the losses of unemployed women; 4) to analyse trends in female unemployment and instruments to reduce female unemployment in Latvia, based on information from surveys of women and experts; 5) to find out the opinion of experts in the field on the possibility of women entering the labour market and, on this basis, to develop scenarios for promoting women’s employment in Latvia. In order to achieve the objective, the study is structured in five chapters with subchapters. Chapter 1 of the thesis summarises the theoretical background of women’s unemployment, presents models of unemployment analysis in a historical context, identifies factors affecting women’s unemployment, examines women’s social inclusion in the labour market, and analyses unemployment trends in a regional context. Chapter 2 assesses the legal, strategic and policy frameworks for the protection of the unemployed on the basis of Latvian and international documents. Chapter 3 examines labour market and unemployment trends for women in Latvia. It examines the strategies used by European countries to promote women’s employment and calculates the economic losses incurred by Latvia as a result of women’s unemployment. Chapter 4 assesses the factors affecting women’s unemployment in Latvia using data from unemployment surveys. This chapter also analyses the effectiveness of current employment measures and identifies possible areas for policy improvement. Chapter 5 analyses the integration of women into the Latvian labour market based on expert assessments. Based on the results of the studies, scenarios for the inclusion of women in the labour market in Latvia are developed. The doctoral thesis ends with the main conclusions, the main results of the research, as well as the problems and proposals for their solution.