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Working Papers

2006

1. The demography of youth in developing countries and its economic implications
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations

2004

2. A dinâmica da escolaridade das crianças brasileiras durante a transição demográfica: aumento no tamanho da coorte versus diminuição no tamanho da família
   Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

1996

3. Effects on Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil
   Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Political Economy (1993)

1995

4. Family Ties and Labor Markets in the United States and Brazil
   Working Papers, RAND - Reprint Series View citations
   Also in Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program (1993) View citations

1993

5. Private Interhousehold Transfers of Money and Time: New Empirical Evidence
   Working Papers, RAND - Labor and Population Program View citations

1991

6. The Two-Sex Problem and the Marriage Squeeze in an Equilibrium Model of Mariage Market
   Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory View citations
   Also in University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara (1989) View citations

1990

7. DECLINING INEQUALITY IN SCHOOLING IN BRAZIL AND ITS EFFECTS ON INEQUALITY IN EARNING
   Working Papers, Yale - Economic Growth Center
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (1991)

1989

8. The Effects of Cohort Size on Mariage Market in Twentieth Century Sweden
   Working Papers, Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory
   Also in University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara (1989) View citations

1988

9. Recovering Event Histories by Cubic Spline Interpolation
   University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara

Undated

10. The Effect of Cohort Sizes on Marriage Markets in Twentieth Century Sweden
    Papers, University of Michigan, Department of Economics View citations

Journal Articles

2008

1. Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child's Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children's Resources
   Population and Development Review, 2008, 34, (2), 225-252

2007

2. Effects of economic shocks on children's employment and schooling in Brazil
   Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 84, (1), 188-214 View citations

2006

3. The sensitivity to key data imputations of recent estimates of income poverty and inequality in South Africa
   Economic Modelling, 2006, 23, (5), 822-835 View citations

2004

4. SAVINGS, INSURANCE AND DEBT OVER THE POST-APARTHEID PERIOD: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH
   South African Journal of Economics, 2004, 72, (3), 604-640

1993

5. Effects of Family Background on Earnings and Returns to Schooling: Evidence from Brazil
   Journal of Political Economy, 1993, 101, (4), 710-40 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1996)

1991

6. Declining inequality in schooling in Brazil and its effects on inequality in earnings
   Journal of Development Economics, 1991, 37, (1-2), 199-225 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1990)

1989

7. Population Growth, Age Structure, and Age-Specific Productivity: Does a Uniform Age Distribution Minimize Lifetime Wages?
   Journal of Population Economics, 1989, 2, (3), 189-210

1988

8. Lorenz curves, inequality, and social welfare under changing population composition
   Journal of Policy Modeling, 1988, 10, (1), 141-162

1986

9. The Dynamics of Population Growth, Differential Fertility, and Inequality
   American Economic Review, 1986, 76, (5), 1103-16 View citations

Chapters

1993

1. Demographic variables and income inequality
   Chapter 18 in Handbook of Population and Family Economics, 1993, vol. 1, Part B, pp 1015-1059 View citations