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About

Joel Simmons is an Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service° and the Department of Government° at Georgetown University.° He received his PhD from the University of Michigan.° He researches political economy with emphases in economic growth, globalization, social policy, democracy, and the political economy of gender. His book, The Politics of Technological Progress: Parties, Time Horizons, and Long-term Economic Development,°was published by Cambridge University Press. 
Publications

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Publications

​Book

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2016. The Politics of Technological Progress: Parties, Time Horizons and Long-term Economic Development. Cambridge University Press. (Amazon°)

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Articles

  • Simmons, Joel W. and Analía Gómez Vidal. 2024. "Can Female Legislators Reduce Corruption when Corruption is Self-Reinforcing?" in Tiffany D. Barnes
    and Emily Beaulieu. Eds.     Handbook on Gender and Corruption in Democracies. Elgar
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2024. "Democracy and Economic Growth: Theoretical Debates and Empirical Contributions." World Politics. 77, 75th Anniversary
    69-78.
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2023. "Segregated Economies in an Integrated World: The Gendered Consequences of Exchange Rate Movements in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." International Organization. 77(3): 668–89. 
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2023. "Corruption and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Second Generation Americans." Comparative Political Studies. 57(1): 101–146.
     

  • Conrad, Courtenay R., Kanisha D. Bond, Dylan Moses, and Joel W. Simmons. 2022. "Detecting Anomalies in Data on Government Violence" Political Science Research and Methods. 10(3): 634–641.
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2019. “Does Oil Substitute for Patriarchy?” Economics & Politics. 31(3): 293–322.
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. Allen Hicken, Ken Kollman, and Irfan Nooruddin. 2016. “Party System Structure and its Consequences for Foreign Direct Investment.” Party Politics. (PDF°; Blog Post°)
     

  • Hicken, Allen, Ken Kollman, and Joel W. Simmons. 2016. “Party System Nationalization and the Provision of Public Health Services.” Political Science Research and Methods. 4(3): 573–594. (PDF°) 
     

  • Simmons, Joel W. 2016. “Natural Resource Wealth and Women’s Economic and Political Power in the U.S. States.” Comparative Political Studies. 49(1): 115–152. (PDF°; Blog Post°)
     

  • Nooruddin, Irfan and Joel W. Simmons. 2015. “Do Voters Count? Turnout, Party Competition, and Public Spending in India.” Electoral Studies. 37: 1–14. (PDF°)
     

  • Nooruddin, Irfan and Joel W. Simmons. 2009. “Openness, Uncertainty, and Social Spending: Implications for the Globalization - Welfare State Debate.” International Studies Quarterly. 53(3): 841–866. (PDF°) 
     

  • Hicken, Allen and Joel W. Simmons. 2008. “The Personal Vote and the Efficacy of Education Spending.” American Journal of Political Science. 52(1): 109–124. (PDF°) 
     

  • Nooruddin, Irfan and Joel W. Simmons. 2006. “The Politics of Hard Choices: IMF Programs and Government Spending.” International Organization. 60(Fall): 1001–1033. (PDF°) 

Working Papers

Works in Progress

  • "Race, Education, and Trade Attitudes in a Labor Market that Discriminates." Under Review
     

  • "Gender, Race, and Trade Attitudes in the United States"
     

  • "Gender Discrimination in the Corruption Labor Market: When Does Women’s Legislative Seat Share Reduce Malfeasance?"  
     

  • "The Political Geography of Election Fraud: Theory
    and evidence from Honduras" (with Irfan Nooruddin). 
     

  • "Resource Wealth, Citizen Engagement, and Corruption: Evidence from U.S. States and Counties"

© 2017–2025 By Joel W. Simmons

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