The bug
Endermen are not spawning in the End easy mode, but will start spawning when the difficulty is raised to either normal or hard.
How to reproduce
Reach the end.
Set the difficulty to peaceful so that the endermans that have been spawned disappear.
Set the difficulty to easy.
Note that end does not produce any endermans at this time.
Can confirm. I'm unsure whether this is intentional (to make the dragon fight easier), but then again, I cannot find a source saying that it is.