Publications By Author

Title: Fiscal Sustainability and Natural Disaster Risks in the ECCU: ECCU

Author: Chen, Sophia ; SIEGEL, SPENCER ; Tovar Mora, E Camilo

Series: Selected Issues Paper No. 2025/068

Date: May 30, 2025

Subject: Environment Fiscal policy Fiscal stabilization Fiscal stance Fiscal sustainability Natural disasters Public debt

Title: Divergence in Post-Pandemic Earnings Growth: Evidence from Micro Data

Author: Chen, Sophia ; Lee, Do

Series: Working Paper No. 2024/222

Date: October 11, 2024

Title: Inflation and Labor Markets: A Bottom-Up View

Author: Chen, Sophia ; Igan, O Deniz ; Lee, Do ; Mishra, Prachi

Series: Working Paper No. 2024/220

Date: October 11, 2024

Subject: Economic sectors Housing Inflation Labor Labor markets National accounts Prices Services sector Wages

Title: What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Stagnant Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean?

Author: Bakker, B. Bas ; Chen, Sophia ; Vasilyev, Dmitry ; Bespalova, Olga ; Chin, Moya ; Kolpakova, Daria ; Singhal, Archit ; Yang, Yuanchen

Series: Working Paper No. 2024/219

Date: October 11, 2024

Subject: Artificial intelligence Labor productivity Production Productivity Technology

Title: Harnessing Satellite Data to Improve Social Assistance Targeting in the Eastern Caribbean

Author: Chen, Sophia ; Matsuura, Ryu ; Flavien Moreau ; Pereira, Joana

Series: Working Paper No. 2024/084

Date: April 5, 2024

Subject: Environment Income Machine learning National accounts Natural disasters Population and demographics Technology

Title: The Dynamic Effects of Local Labor Market Shocks on Small Firms in The United States

Author: Barrett, Philip ; Chen, Sophia ; Lin, Li ; Weber, Anke

Series: Working Paper No. 2024/063

Date: March 22, 2024

Subject: Econometric analysis Employment Estimation techniques Labor Labor markets Wage adjustments Wages

Title: Macroprudential Policy Effects: Evidence and Open Questions

Author: Biljanovska, Nina ; Chen, Sophia ; Gelos, Gaston ; Igan, O Deniz ; Martinez Peria, Soledad Maria ; Nier, Erlend ; Valencia, Fabian

Series: Departmental Paper No 2023/002

Date: March 27, 2023

Subject: Bank credit Countercyclical capital buffers Credit Financial regulation and supervision Financial sector policy and analysis International organization Macroprudential policy Macroprudential policy instruments Money Political economy

Title: Differential Effects of Macroprudential Policy

Author: Biljanovska, Nina ; Chen, Sophia

Series: Working Paper No. 2023/043

Date: February 24, 2023

Title: Do Lenders Make Less-Informed Investments in High-Growth Housing Markets?

Author: Chen, Sophia ; Ratnovski, Lev ; Sun, Yangfan

Series: Working Paper No. 2021/151

Date: May 27, 2021

Subject: Financial institutions Housing prices Loans Mortgages Prices

Title: Pricing Protest: The Response of Financial Markets to Social Unrest

Author: Barrett, Philip ; Mariia Bondar ; Chen, Sophia ; Chivakul, Mali ; Igan, O Deniz

Series: Working Paper No. 2021/079

Date: March 19, 2021

Subject: Economic sectors Financial crises Financial institutions Financial markets Income National accounts Stock markets Stocks