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working papers

Occupational Skill Mixing Under Breakthrough GPTs. 

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  • This paper studies “skill mixing”—the tendency for employers to bundle together skill demands that were previously seen in different occupations—and examines its drivers and labor market consequences.

 

E-Commerce Expansion and Regional Disparities: Evidence from Amazon’s Distribution Facilities (with Ruiqi (Rachel) Sun)

[new draft soon] [slides]

  • We examine how e-commerce reshapes the spatial distribution of retail activity, manufacturing, and inter-regional trade.

  • Subsumes an earlier working paper "E-commerce and Regional Inequality: A Trade Framework and Evidence from Amazon’s Expansion."​​​

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New Skills, Higher Pay? Evidence from Job Postings (with David Koll and and Marina M. Tavares)

[paper link] [slides]

selected work in progress
policy work

  • “Bridging Skill Gaps for the Future: New Jobs Creation in the AI Age,” IMF Staff Discussion Note, 001 (2026). [link]​

  • Vietnam: “Boosting Productivity and Medium-Term Growth in Vietnam," IMF Selected Issues Papers, 284 (2025). IMF Country Report ​No. 25/284. [link]​​

  • South Africa: "Growth Benefits of Macro-Structural Reforms in South Africa," IMF Selected Issues Papers, 023 (2025). IMF Country Report ​No. 25/29. [link]​​​

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