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Sergei Guriev

Sciences Po, France

I am excited to be a part of this important project. I have read World of Labor before and have always found it very useful. I hope that policymakers, academics and students alike will benefit from my contribution that summarizes recent research on this important issue.

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Author

Current position

Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Sciences Po, Paris, France

Research interest

Political economy, development economics, labor mobility

Website

https://sites.google.com/site/sguriev/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2016–2019)

Past positions

Rector, New Economic School, Moscow (2004–2013)

Qualifications

Habilitation degree, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002

Selected publications

  • “Facts, alternative facts, and fact checking in times of post-truth politics.” Journal of Public Economics 182:104123 (2020) (with O. Barrera, E. Henry, and E. Zhuravskaya).

  • “The effect of income on trust: The evidence from 2009 crisis in Russia.” Economic Journal 129:619 (2019): 1082–1118 (with M. Ananyev).

  • “Informational autocrats.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 33:4 (2019): 100–127 (with D. Treisman).

  • “The industrialization and economic development of Russia through the lens of a neoclassical growth model." Review of Economic Studies 84:2 (2017): 613–649 (with A. Cheremukhin, M. Golosov, S. Guriev, and A. Tsyvinski).

  • "The European trust crisis and the rise of populism." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 48:2 (2017): 309–400 (with Y. Algan, S. Guriev, E. Papaioannou, and E. Passari).

article(s)

  • Labor market performance and the rise of populism

    Automation, globalization, and crisis-driven spikes in unemployment have contributed to rising populism in advanced economies

    Sergei Guriev, July 2020
    The recent rise of populism in advanced economies reveals major voter discontent. To effectively respond to voters’ grievances, researchers and policymakers need to understand their drivers. Recent empirical research shows that these drivers include both long-term trends (job polarization due to automation and globalization) and the rise in unemployment due to the recent global financial crisis. These factors have undermined public trust in the political establishment and have contributed to increased governmental representation for anti-establishment parties.
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