Dr. Mihails Hazans is a professor of econometrics at the University of Latvia. M. Hazans is also the Global Labor Organization (GLO) fellow and research associate at the Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies (BICEPS). Projects, to which M. Hazans contributed since 2015, include, among others:
• “The Economic Integration of the Nordic-Baltic Region through Labour, Innovation, Investments and Trade (LIFT)” (Norway/ EEA Grants)
• “Exploring Well-Being and Social Integration in the Context of Liquid Migration” and “The Emigrant Communities of Latvia” (the Latvian Council of Science projects)
• “Undeclared work in Latvia”, "An in-depth analysis of the emigration of skilled labour" and “An in-depth analysis of the impact of reforms on inequality” (for the European Commission)
• “Evaluation of the Size of Diaspora" (for Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
• “Investment Tax Incentives in the EU”, "Latvia Tax Review" and "Latvia Active Aging" (for the World Bank)
• “Latvia – OECD Accession Review” (for OECD).
Current research of Mihails Hazans focuses on the labour market response to shocks, the role of human values, personality traits, and parental background in shaping individual labour market outcomes. Other directions of his studies include teleworking, migration and remittances, ethnic minorities, informal employment, envelope wages, and economics of education. Mihails Hazans contributed chapters to books published by Springer (3), Ashgate, Edward Elgar, and OECD, as well as articles in academic journals such as "Economica", "Empirica", "Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations", "Journal of Population Economics", "Regional Studies, Regional Science", "International Journal of Manpower". He often comments on labour and migration issues in the media.
Mihails Hazans - citations by September 7, 2025:

Scopus: h-index = 8, total number of citations = 210 (19 in 2019, 20 in 2020, 18 in 2021, 11 in 2022, 17 in 2023, 13 in 2024, 9 in 2025)

Web of Science: h-index = 6, total number of citations = 131 (15 in 2019, 8 in 2020, 12 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 9 in 2023, 8 in 2024, 4 in 2025)

Google Scholar: h-index = 22, total number of citations = 1528 ( 105 in 2019, 103 in 2020, 102 in 2021, 51 in 2022, 69 in 2023, 68 in 2024, 36 in 2025)

ResearchGate: h-index = 20, total number of citations = 1019 ( 132 in 2019,   56 in 2020, 57 in 2021, 43 in 2022, 53 in 2023, 41 in 2024, 19 in 2025).
Research Interest Score is higher than 87% of ResearchGate members.

Mihails Hazans joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2010.