Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

The Socio-Economic Impact of Special Economic Zones: Evidence from Cambodia

The World Economy (2024),  volume 47, pages 362-387. 

Who Bears the Brunt of Lockdown Policies? Evidence from Tele-workability Measures Across Countries

IMF Economic Review (2022), volume 70, pages 560-589, with Era Dabla-Norris and Salma Khalid.

Media coverage: CNN,  World Economic Forum, Asian News International,  XinhuaNet, MacauBusiness,  Quartz, The Daily Signal, Inquirer, Free Malaysia Today, The New Indian Express, Courthouse News Service, The Edge Markets, Inquirer, Big News Network, BBC

Does Trade Liberalization Narrow the Gender Wage Gap? The Role of Sectoral Mobility. 

European Economic Review (2018), volume 109, pages 305-333. 

Work in Progress

Bank Financing of Global Supply Chains

with Laura Alfaro, Camelia Minoiu, and Andrea Presbitero

Pandemic disruptions in global supply chains: evidence on trade values and prices from French firms. [R&R at Canadian Journal of Economics]

IMF Working Paper (2022), with Chris Papageorgiou and Pauline Wibaux

Income Convergence or Divergence in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Shock?

IMF Working Paper (2022), with Shihui Liu and Chris Papageorgiou

China's Rebalancing and Gender Inequality

IMF Working Paper (2021), with Era Dabla-Norris and Grace B. Li

Media coverage: VoxChina

Is Technology Widening the Gender Gap? Automation and the Future of Female Employment.

IMF Working Paper (2019), with Era Dabla-Norris and Salma Khalid

Media coverage: CNBC, Scoop, Axios, Nikkei, El País

Foreign Sourcing and FDI Spillovers. 

with Shawn Tan

Structural Transformation and Labor Mobility over the Life Cycle. 

with James Lake and Michael Sposi

Policy Publications and Popular Writings

As mulheres e o trabalho remoto

Valor Econômico - Globo, April 2023

Supply Chains, Interrupted. Perfect Storm: COVID-19, Trade Wars, and Natural Disasters. 

IMF Research Perspectives (Guest Editor), Fall/Winter 2021-22.

Firm-Level Trade Adjustment to the COVID-19 Pandemic in France.

World Economic Outlook, Chapter 4, Box 4.3 (April 2022), with Chris Papageorgiou and Pauline Wibaux 

Education Losses during the Pandemic and the Role of Infrastructure.

World Economic Outlook, Chapter 2, Box 2.2 (April 2021), with Marina Conesa Martinez and Futoshi Narita

Is Remote Working? An Index of Teleworking Capacity by Country.

IMF Research Perspectives (Fall/Winter 2020), with Era Dabla-Norris and Salma Khalid

She, Robot: Women's Employment in The Face of Automation.

IMF Research Perspectives (Spring/Summer 2020), with Era Dabla-Norris and Salma Khalid

Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Work: Stronger Policies to Support Gender Equality.

IMF Working Paper (2019), with Cristian Alonso, Era Dabla-Norris, Yuko Kinoshita, Kalpana Kochhar

Media coverage: Reuters, Hindustan Times, India Today, Inquirer, Medium, News Nation

Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects in Low-Income Developing Countries—2019.

IMF (2019), with IMF Staff

Cambodia: 2019 Article IV Staff Report. 

IMF (2019), with IMF Staff

Lao P.D.R.: 2019 Article IV Staff Report.

IMF (2019), with IMF Staff

Gender, Technology, and the Future of Work.

IMF Staff Discussion Notes (2018), with Era Dabla-Norris, Christine Kamunge, Pooja Karnane, Salma Khalid, Kalpana Kochhar

Media coverage: Financial Times, Quartz, Forbes, CNN, Estadão

Barbados: 2018 Staff Report

IMF (2018), with IMF Staff