Institution: BICEPS
Mihails Hazans
About:
Mihails Hazans is professor at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics (University of Latvia), research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Global Labor Organization (GLO) fellow, and research associate at BICEPS. Prof. Hazans’ current research focuses on migration, ethnic minorities, teleworking, informal employment and envelope wages. He has published on migration, commuting, economics of education, ethnic minorities, informal employment, labour supply, active labour market policies, working conditions, job search, unemployment risk, and determinants of earnings.
In 2011, Mihails Hazans received the annual “Spidola award in economics” for his research on emigration from Latvia. One of his publications has been listed by the Latvian Academy of Sciences among the top 10 achievements of Latvian science in 2012.
Contacts:
E-mail: mihails.hazans[at]lu.lv
Arnis Sauka
About:
Dr. Arnis Sauka is Research Associate at BICEPS, Associate Professor at SSE Riga and the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Business at SSE Riga. He has a PhD from the University of Siegen (Germany) and has been a Visiting Scholar at Jönköping International Business School (Sweden) and University College London (U.K.). Arnis main research interests include the shadow economy, productive and unproductive entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship policy making and competitiveness, and entrepreneurship development in a transition context. Drawing on his academic work that have been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals and books and presented at numerous European and North American conferences, he has also been extensively involved in applied research. This has included contracted reports for the OECD and Eurofound as well as for various industry associations and NGOs in Latvia and other countries. Arnis Sauka is co- author of the annual Shadow Economy Index for the Baltic Countries (with Prof. Tālis J. Putniņš, since 2009) and he has participated in and managed various EU-funded international projects. Arnis has also been involved in management and consultancy activities, including working as Vice Rector for Studies and Research at Ventspils University College (2011-2013), a board member of the NGO BASE (Business Against the Shadow Economy) (since 2015), and a senior consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (2008). From 2011-2014 he was Advisor to the Minister of Health on Financial and Economic Issues. Arnis is also an Expert in Management Science and an Expert in Economics at the Latvian Council for Science (2011-2014; 2014-2017) as well as a member of the promotion committee of the doctoral programme implemented by the BA School of Business and Finance and RISEBA University.
Contacts:
Phone: (+371) 67015827
E-mail: arnis.sauka[at]sseriga.edu
Sergejs Gubins
About:
Sergejs Gubins is Research Fellow at BICEPS. He holds a PhD degree in Economics from the VU University Amsterdam. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bocconi University, Milan, before returning to Latvia as a Senior Research Fellow at the non-profit think-tank Certus. Gubins has a number of research papers published in peer-reviewed economic journals. Currently, there are several papers submitted to journals in a revise-and- resubmit stage. While at Certus, Gubins wrote on various policy-related economic topics. Among other, he wrote demographic projection study in which he assessed potential migration flows to and from Latvia through economic determinants. He has an extensive experience in analysis of large databases on individual-level. Gubins has received a number of awards for outstanding research and scholarships including the Huygens scholarship from the Dutch Government.
Contacts:
Phone:
E-mail: sergej[at]biceps.org
Anna Pluta
Education:
• PhD student in Economics, University of Latvia, since October 2013;
• MA of Social Science in Mathematical Economics, University of Latvia, June 2013;
• BA of Social Science in Analytical Economics, University of Latvia, June 2011.
Interests:
- Taxation
- Tax–benefit microsimulation
Contacts:
E-mail: anna.pluta[at]biceps.org
Lelde Jakobsone
Lelde is on leave. Please contact Marija Krumina.
Contacts:
e-mail: lelde[at]biceps.org
Marija Krumina
Expertise:
- Entrepreneurship
Contacts:
Phone: (+371) 67015873
e-mail: marija[at]biceps.org
Anna Zasova
Expertise:
- Taxation
- Tax evasion
- Tax-benefit microsimulation
- Income inequality
Education:
- Dr.oec., University of Latvia, 2012
Contacts:
E-mail: anna[at]biceps.org
Anders Paalzow
Acting Director, Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS), Riga, Latvia, 2016-
Rector/President, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia, 1999-
Rector/President, Stockholm School of Economics in Russia, Russia and Sweden, 2019-
Expertise
- Macroeconomics, economic growth;
- Competitiveness
- Entrepreneurship
Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Public Debt
- Regional Development
- Economics of Racetrack Betting
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, 1986-1992 / Thesis: Public Debt Management
- Civilekonom, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, 1982-1985 / Major: Accounting and Finance
Contacts
Phone: (+371) 67015801
e-mail: anders.paalzow[at]hhs.se