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Working Papers

2004

1. Motivation for Money and Care that Adult Children Provide for Parents: Evidence from "Point-Blank" Survey Questions
   Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Center for Retirement Research
2. ON THE DEMAND FOR GRANDCHILDREN: TIED TRANSFERS AND THE DEMONSTRATION EFFECT
   Discussion Papers, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF) View citations (3)
   Also in Economics Series, Institute for Advanced Studies (2004)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2005)

2003

3. Private Transfers within the Family: Mothers, Fathers, Sons and Daughters
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (4)

2002

4. Private Inter-household Transfers in Vietnam in the Early and Late 1990s
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002)

2001

5. How Do People Decide to Allocate Transfers Among Family Members?
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2000

6. Intergenerational Linkages in Consumption Behavior
   Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society View citations (10)
   Also in Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics (2000) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Human Resources (2004)

1999

7. How Responsive are Private Transfers to Income? Evidence from a Laissez-Faire Economy
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2004)

1996

8. Family Safety Nets and Economic Transition: A Study of Worker Households in Poland
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article in Review of Income and Wealth (1997)
9. Intergenerational Transfers and the Demonstration Effect
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (15)
10. Motives for Private Transfers over the Life Cycle: An Analytical Framework and Evidence for Peru
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1998)
11. Private Safety Nets through Inter-Household Transfers: The Case of Viet Nam
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics

1993

12. A Study For Motivation For Private Transfers In Cote D'Ivoire
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
13. Intergenerational Transfers And Demonstration Effect
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics
14. Motives For Private Transfers Over The Life Cycle: Analytical Framework And Evidence For Peru
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
15. Private Transfers And The Effectiveness Of Public Income Redistribution In The Philippines
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (7)
16. The Effect Of Borrowing Constraints On Consumer Liabilities
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (38)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (1993)

1989

17. Private transfers and public policy in developing countries: a case study for Peru
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
18. THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    Working Papers, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2007

1. Biological Basics and the Economics of the Family
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2007, 21, (2), 91-108 View citations (8)

2005

2. On the demand for grandchildren: tied transfers and the demonstration effect
   Journal of Public Economics, 2005, 89, (9-10), 1665-1697 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2004

3. How responsive are private transfers to income? Evidence from a laissez-faire economy
   Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (9-10), 2193-2219 View citations (34)
   See also Working Paper (1999)
4. Intergenerational Linkages in Consumption Behavior
   Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (2) View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper (2000)

1998

5. A note on the robust interpretation of regression coefficients
   TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, 1998, 7, (2), 287-294
6. Motives for private transfers over the life cycle: An analytical framework and evidence for Peru
   Journal of Development Economics, 1998, 55, (1), 57-80 View citations (98)
   See also Working Paper (1996)
7. Risk Sharing and Private Transfers: What about Urban Households?
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1998, 46, (3), 621-37 View citations (15)
8. The stochastic control of process capability indices
   TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, 1998, 7, (1), 1-74

1997

9. Family Safety Nets and Economic Transition: A Study of Worker Households in Poland
   Review of Income and Wealth, 1997, 43, (2), 191-209 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

10. Erratum [Inter-vivos Transfers and Intergenerational Exchange]
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1995, 77, (3), 569
11. The connection between public transfers and private interfamily transfers
    Journal of Public Economics, 1995, 57, (1), 129-167 View citations (47)
12. The relation between theory and application in statistics
    TEST: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, 1995, 4, (2), 207-261

1993

13. The Effect of Borrowing Constraints on Consumer Liabilities
    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 1993, 25, (2), 197-213 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1992

14. Inter-vivos Transfers and Intergenerational Exchange
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1992, 74, (2), 305-14 View citations (77)
15. Social Security and Private Transfers in Developing Countries: The Case of Peru
    World Bank Economic Review, 1992, 6, (1), 155-69 View citations (25)

1990

16. Achieving Social Objectives through Private Transfers: A Review
    World Bank Research Observer, 1990, 5, (2), 205-18 View citations (21)
17. Credit Rationing and Private Transfers: Evidence from Survey Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1990, 72, (3), 445-54 View citations (26)
18. Intergenerational Transfers and Liquidity Constraints
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1990, 105, (1), 187-217 View citations (64)
19. The relative effectiveness of private and public schools: Evidence from two developing countries
    Journal of Development Economics, 1990, 34, (1-2), 99-121 View citations (20)

1989

20. Male-Female Wage Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century France
    The Journal of Economic History, 1989, 49, (04), 903-920 View citations (4)

1987

21. Motives for Private Income Transfers
    Journal of Political Economy, 1987, 95, (3), 508-46 View citations (275)

1986

22. Warm feelings and cold calculations: economic theories of private transfers
    Business Review, 1986, (Mar), 15-22

1984

23. Panel Estimates of the Effects of Career Interruptions on the Earnings of Women
    Economic Inquiry, 1984, 22, (3), 386-403 View citations (7)

1982

24. Inequality in the Lifetime Earnings of Women
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1982, 64, (3), 501-04 View citations (2)

Chapters

2008

1. Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights and Evolutionary Directions
   Elsevier View citations (9)

1985

2. Interfamily Transfers and Income Redistribution
   A chapter in Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being, 1985, pp 393-426 View citations (12)