Analysis of Factors Influencing Latvian Seafarers’ Outflow Rate

In general the seafarers’ pool is stock model where the future supply of seafarers depend on present stock and difference between the inflow of new seafarers and outflow from seafarers’ pool due to retirement or work possibilities in other industries ashore. The outflow can be viewed as probability that decision to leave em-ployment of board is taken and therefore outflow depend on employment conditions on board and attraction of other factors ashore. Even the seafarers’ employment can be viewed as global, often the residence of sea-farers remains linked with particular country therefore interaction exist between global and local employment conditions. The aim of this article is to analyse and describe factors which can be used to determine and ana-lyse seafarers’ outflow