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Workplace:	Department of Economics, University College London (UCL), University of London, (more information at EDIRC) Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. Educational Choices, Subjective Expectations, and Credit Constraints
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2008

2. Changes in Consumption at Retirement
   Working Papers, RAND Corporation Publications Department
3. Intertemporal Consumption Choices, Transaction Costs and Limited Participation in Financial Markets: Reconciling Data and Theory
   Discussion Papers, D.E.S. (Department of Economic Studies), University of Naples "Parthenope", Italy
   Also in
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations
   Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department (2007)
4. Training Disadvantaged Youth in Latin America: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2007

5. Risk Sharing in Private Information Models with Asset Accumulation: Explaining the Excess Smoothness of Consumption
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2006

6. Child Education and Work Choices in the Presence of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Rural Colombia
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
   Also in
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations
7. Estimating ATT Effects with Non-Experimental Data and Low Compliance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
8. Estimating Euler Equations with Noisy Data: Two Exact GMM Estimators
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in
   CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (2005) View citations
9. Explaining Life-Cycle Profiles of Home-Ownership and Labour Supply
   Computing in Economics and Finance 2006, Society for Computational Economics
10. Stochastic Components of Individual Consumption: A Time Series Analysis of Grouped Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2005

11. Booms and busts: consumption, house prices and expectations
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Economica (2009)

2004

12. Effectiveness of tax incentives to boost (retirement) saving: theoretical motivation and empirical evidence
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations
13. Explaining Changes in Female Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Model
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations
    Also in
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2004) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2008)
14. Testing Private Information Models with Asset Accumulation
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations
15. What Really Happened to Consumption Inequality in the US?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations

2003

16. Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2004)

2002

17. Estimating Euler equations
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations
    Also in
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Review of Economic Dynamics (2004)
18. From wages to consumption inequality: tracking shocks
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations
19. Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Review of Economic Dynamics (2002)

2001

20. Differential Mortality in the UK
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2001) View citations
21. Pension wealth and household saving: evidence from pension reforms in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations
22. Sacudidas salariales y variabilidad del consumo en México durante los años 90
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
23. Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2004)

2000

24. Credit Constraints in the Market for Consumer Durables: Evidence from Micro Data on Car Loans
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in International Economic Review (2008)
25. El ahorro familiar en los países en desarrollo  Desigualdad, factores demográficos y todo eso: ¿Qué tan distintos son América Latina y el Sureste de Asia?
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
26. Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
27. The Demographic Transition in Closed and Open Economies: A Tale of Two Regions
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations
28. The life cycle hypothesis and consumption inequality
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations

1999

29. An Asset-Based Approach to the Analysis of Poverty in Latin America
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations

1998

30. Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2002)
31. Consumption Demand
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
32. El ahorro familiar y la distribución del ingreso en México
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
33. Household Savings and Income Distribution in Mexico
    RES Working Papers, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations
34. Intertemporal Choice and the Cross Sectional Variance of Marginal Utility
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
    See Also Journal Article in The Review of Economics and Statistics (2001)
35. The Demand for Money, Financial Innovation and the Welfare Cost of Inflation: An Analysis with Households' Data
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy (1998) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (2002)
36. Trends in household saving: a tale of two countries
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations

1995

37. Consumer Durables and Inertial Behavior: Estimation and Aggregation of (S,s) Rules
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
38. Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations
39. Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1995) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (1999)

1994

40. IRAs and Household Saving Revisited: Some New Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
41. Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1995)
42. Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1996)
43. The Intertemporal Allocation of Consumption: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    See Also Journal Article in Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy (1995)

1993

44. A Cohort Analysis of Saving Behavior by U.S. Households
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations
    Also in
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1993)
45. Consumption Over the Life Cycle and Over the Business Cycle
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations
    Also in
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations
    See Also Journal Article in American Economic Review (1995)
46. Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption: What Can We Learn From Micro and Macro Data?
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna

1990

47. Consumption, Product Growth and the Interest Rate
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

1989

48. CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND THE INTEREST RATE
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations

Undated

49. Consumption, house prices and expectations
    Bank of England working papers, Bank of England

Journal Articles

2009

1. Booms and Busts: Consumption, House Prices and Expectations
   Economica, 2009, 76, (301), 20-50 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2005)

2008

2. CREDIT CONSTRAINTS IN THE MARKET FOR CONSUMER DURABLES: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA ON CAR LOANS
   International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (2), 401-436
   See Also Working Paper (2000)
3. Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model
   American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1517-52 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2004)

2007

4. Global demographic trends and social security reform
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (1), 144-198 View citations

2006

5. Quantifying the Effects of the Demographic Transition in Developing Economies
   Advances in Macroeconomics, 2006, 6, (1), 1298-1298 View citations
6. The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on Consumption in Colombia
   Fiscal Studies, 2006, 27, (4), 421-442 View citations

2005

7. Female Labor Supply As Insurance Against Idiosyncratic Risk
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 755-764 View citations

2004

8. Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions
   Economics and Human Biology, 2004, 2, (3), 411-438 View citations
9. Estimating Euler Equations
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2004, 7, (2), 405-435 View citations
   See Also Working Paper (2002)
10. Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 74, (2), 331-366 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2003)
11. Wage shocks and consumption variability in Mexico during the 1990s
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73, (1), 1-25 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2001)

2003

12. Editorial Announcement
    Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (4), 697-697
13. Limited Commitment and Crowding out of Private Transfers: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment
    Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (486), C77-C85 View citations
14. Mortality, Health Status, and Wealth
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (4), 821-850 View citations
15. Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the United Kingdom
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1499-1521 View citations
16. Social Security And Households' Saving
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118, (3), 1075-1119 View citations
17. Stock-Market Participation, Intertemporal Substitution, and Risk-Aversion
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 383-391 View citations

2002

18. Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (4), 771-792 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
19. From Earnings Inequality to Consumption Inequality
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (478), C52-C59 View citations
20. Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (4), 720-748 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (2002)
21. The Demand for Money, Financial Innovation, and the Welfare Cost of Inflation: An Analysis with Household Data
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (2), 317-351 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
22. The Effect Of Individual Retirement Accounts On Household Consumption And National Saving
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (6), 504-538 View citations

2001

23. Households savings in the U.S.A
    Research in Economics, 2001, 55, (1), 109-132
24. Intertemporal Choice And The Cross-Sectional Variance Of Marginal Utility
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (1), 13-27 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1998)
25. The assessment: household saving - issues in theory and policy
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (1), 1-19 View citations

2000

26. Consumer Durables and Inertial Behaviour: Estimation and Aggregation of (S, s) Rules for Automobile Purchases
    Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), 667-96 View citations
27. Consumption smoothing in island economies: Can public insurance reduce welfare?
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (7), 1225-1258 View citations
28. Saving, Growth, and Investment: A Macroeconomic Analysis Using a Panel of Countries
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 82, (2), 182-211 View citations

1999

29. "An essay on the Life Cycle: Characterizing intertemporal behavior with uncertainty, human capital, taxes, durables, imperfect capital markets, and non-separable preferences" by Thomas MaCurdy: An introduction
    Research in Economics, 1999, 53, (1), 1-3
30. Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1999, 17, (1), 22-35 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1995)

1998

31. Trends in household saving don't justify tax incentives to boost saving
    Economic Policy, 1998, 13, (27), 547-583 View citations

1997

32. Consumption and saving behaviour: modelling recent trends
    Fiscal Studies, 1997, 18, (1), 23-47 View citations

1996

33. Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (6), 1227-62 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1994)

1995

34. Consumption over the Life Cycle and over the Business Cycle
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1118-37 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1993)
35. Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (6), 1121-57 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1994)
36. On the Aggregation of Euler Equations for Consumption in Simple Overlapping-Generations Models
    Economica, 1995, 62, (248), 565-76 View citations
37. The intertemporal allocation of consumption: theory and evidence
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1995, 42, (1), 39-56 View citations
    See Also Working Paper (1994)

1994

38. Testing the life cycle model consumption: what can we learn from micro and macro data?
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1994, 18, (3), 433-463 View citations
39. The UK Consumption Boom of the Late 1980s: Aggregate Implications of Microeconomic Evidence
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (427), 1269-1302 View citations

1993

40. An analysis of life-cycle accumulation of financial assets
    Ricerche Economiche, 1993, 47, (4), 323-354 View citations
41. Consumption Growth, the Interest Rate and Aggregation
    Review of Economic Studies, 1993, 60, (3), 631-49 View citations

1991

42. Risk, Time-Varying Second Moments and Market Efficiency
    Review of Economic Studies, 1991, 58, (3), 479-94 View citations

1990

43. Asset price volatility and information structures
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (2), 159-164

1989

44. Intertemporal Substitution, Risk Aversion and the Euler Equation for Consumption
    Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (395), 59-73 View citations

1988

45. Real effects of demand- and supply-side policies in interdependent economies
    Economic Modelling, 1988, 5, (2), 151-164

Chapters

1999

1. Consumption
   Chapter 11 in Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1, Part B, pp 741-812

1994

2. Personal Saving in the United States
   A chapter in International Comparisons of Household Saving, 1994, pp 57-124 View citations

Editor

1. Journal of the European Economic Association
   MIT Press