Simeon Djankov
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Past articles by Simeon:
The price of American economic nostalgia
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COVID-19 widens the gender gap in labor force participation
In the United States, women have made halting but mostly steady progress in the labor market over the last three decades, increasing their participation in the workforce from 55.7 percent in 1987 to 60.3 percent in April 2020. → Read More
COVID-19 widens gender gap in labor force participation in some but not other advanced economies
Despite some progress over recent decades in reducing the barriers women in the workforce face in job advancement and wage parity, discrimination in these areas persists. → Read More
Memo to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on reigniting integration in Europe
Background: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), established in 1991 to assist in the economic revival of Central and Eastern Europe, has been essential to transforming postcommunist countries into market economies. → Read More
Public procurement in law and practice
This paper examines a new dataset of laws and practices governing public procurement, as well as procurement outcomes, in 187 countries. The authors measure regulation as restrictions on the discretion of the procuring agents. → Read More
Brexit Readiness Score
If you believe Prime Minister Theresa May, the United Kingdom will be ready to exit the European Union in April 2019. → Read More
Make in India: Tax Reform as Job Creation
By 2050, at least 280 million young people will enter the job market in India. → Read More
Tempered Ambitions on US Tax Reform
At 35 percent, the United States has the highest statutory corporate income tax rate among advanced economies. → Read More
Corporate Tax Cuts: Examining the Record in Other Countries
At 35 percent, the United States has the highest statutory corporate income tax rate among advanced economies, and this high rate coexists with a number of large preferences and exceptions. → Read More
The City of London after Brexit
In March 2017 the UK government will formally begin the process of ending its membership in the European Union. → Read More
Trump Spells Trouble for Eastern Europe
In his first week in office President Donald Trump created plenty of anxiety in other countries. → Read More
Eastern Europe’s Lethargic Economies
Eastern Europe’s economies are not catching up with their Western neighbors as quickly as many had hoped. → Read More
How Large Is Public Procurement in Developing Countries?
How large is the share of public procurement to GDP in middle-income and low-income countries? If sizable, can public procurement be used as a policy tool to make markets more competitive, and thus improve the quality of government services? Can it be used to induce innovation in firms? → Read More
Why Is America Not Improving Its Business Regulation?
So much for being the nerve center of global capitalism. → Read More
Picking Apples: Tax Policy as State Aid in the European Union
The European Commission’s decision to recover €13 billion plus interest in unpaid taxes due Ireland and some other European countries from the Apple corporation raises many questions. → Read More
Uzbekistan: When Economic Growth and Freedom Diverge
The passing of Islam Karimov, the only president Uzbekistan ever had, has thrown the most-populous central Asian state into uncertainty. → Read More
Brexit, Spanish Elections Loosen Fiscal Discipline in the Eurozone
The first negative effects of Brexit are hitting European economic policy. → Read More
Will Europe’s Reform Momentum Continue?
Making positive economic change is a bit like dropping a bad habit—it may take some kind of crisis to jolt the body politic into action. → Read More
Economic and Political Freedoms Diverge in Eastern Europe
Political analysts often assume that economic and political freedoms go together. Increase property rights and the opportunities for private business, and the emerging middle class will demand stronger political rights as well. This logic turns out to be wrong. → Read More
The Next European Financial Capital: London
The race to succeed London as the next European financial capital is on. “We know that groups based in the City are planning to leave for Dublin, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Paris,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told journalists on July 2. → Read More