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Working Papers

2024

1. Early Childhood Intervention for the Poor: Long Term Outcomes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Estimating Flexible Income Processes from Subjective Expectations Data: Evidence from India and Colombia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Parental Investments and Skills Formation During Infancy and Youth: Long Term Evidence From an Early Childhood Intervention
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

4. Economics and Measurement: New measures to model decision making
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
5. Risk Sharing, Commitment Constraints and Self Help Groups
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2022

6. Growing Apart: Declining Within- and Across-Locality Insurance in Rural China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
7. Public Childcare, Labor Market Outcomes of Caregivers, and Child Development: Experimental Evidence from Brazil
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2021

8. Early Childhood Development, Human Capital and Poverty
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
9. Long Term Effects of Cash Transfer Programs in Colombia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
10. Temptation and Incentives to Wealth Accumulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2020

11. (S)Cars and the Great Recession
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
12. Child Development in the Early Years: Parental Investment and the Changing Dynamics of Different Dimensions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
13. Consumption Insurance in Networks with Asymmetric Information
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
14. Intergenerational Mobility in Socio-emotional Skills
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
15. Mothers’ Social Networks and Socioeconomic Gradients of Isolation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
16. Temptation and Commitment: A Model of Hand-to-Mouth Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2019

17. Freeing Financial Education via Tablets: Experimental Evidence from Colombia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (12)
18. Nonlinear Pricing in Village Economies
    Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (4)
19. Parental Beliefs about Returns to Different Types of Investments in School Children
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
20. Preschool Quality and Child Development
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
21. Subjective Parental Beliefs: Their Measurement and Role
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (29)
22. Targeting High School Scholarships to the Poor: The Impact of a Program in Mexico
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)

2018

23. Early Stimulation and Nutrition: The Impacts of a Scalable Intervention
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (22)

2015

24. Aggregating Elasticities: Intensive and Extensive Margins of Female Labour Supply
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (21)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (19)
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2015) View citations (24)
25. Efectos de la Transición de Educación Inicial Comunitaria a Atención en Centros de Desarrollo Infantil en Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (1)
26. Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (66)
    Also in Working Papers, Economic Growth Center, Yale University (2015) View citations (62)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (89)
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2015) View citations (62)
27. Estimating the production function for human capital: results from a randomized controlled trial in Colombia
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (64)
28. Human Capital Development and Parental Investment in India
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (23)
29. Insurance in Extended Family Networks
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (13)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (13)
30. Long Term Impacts of Vouchers for Vocational Training: Experimental Evidence for Colombia
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica de Colombia View citations (36)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (31)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (31)
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica (2015) View citations (31)
31. Measuring and Changing Control: Women’s Empowerment and Targeted Transfers
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
32. Value Added Tax policy and the case for uniformity: empirical evidence from Mexico
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (8)

2014

33. Challenges to promoting social inclusion of the extreme poor: evidence from a large scale experiment in Colombia
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
34. Group lending or individual lending? Evidence from a randomised field experiment in Mongolia
    Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Economics of Change, WZB Berlin Social Science Center View citations (30)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2011) View citations (80)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2011) View citations (77)
35. Holy Cows or Cash Cows?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2014) View citations (3)
36. Nonlinear Pricing of Food in Village Economies
    2014 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (2)
37. The socio-economic gradient of child development: cross-sectional evidence from children 6-42 months in Bogota
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)

2013

38. Efficient responses to targeted cash transfers
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Efficient Responses to Targeted Cash Transfers, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2014) View citations (119) (2014)
39. Group Lending or Individual Lending? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Rural Mongolia
    Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research View citations (5)

2012

40. The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and Leisure Inequality in The US, 1980-2010
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)

2011

41. Consumption and labour supply: extensive and intensive margins
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
42. Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks
    Working Papers, Georgetown University, Department of Economics View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2012) View citations (110) (2012)

2010

43. Conditional cash transfers, women and the demand for food
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (27)
44. Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (340)
    See also Journal Article Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy, Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (343) (2010)
45. Education choices in Mexico: using a structural model and a randomized experiment to evaluate Progresa
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Education Choices in Mexico: Using a Structural Model and a Randomized Experiment to Evaluate PROGRESA, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd (2012) View citations (130) (2012)

2009

46. Educational Choices, Subjective Expectations, and Credit Constraints
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (85)
47. Food and Cash Transfers: Evidence from Colombia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2009) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Food and Cash Transfers: Evidence from Colombia, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2012) View citations (42) (2012)
48. Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (39)
    See also Journal Article Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues, Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2009) View citations (37) (2009)
49. Peace and goodwill? Using an experimental game to analyse the Desarrollo y Paz initiative in Colombia
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
50. Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Developing Countries: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)

2008

51. 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 View citations (3)
    Also in Temi di discussione (Economic working papers), Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area (2007) View citations (1)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Intertemporal consumption choices, transaction costs and limited participation in financial markets: reconciling data and theory, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2011) View citations (19) (2011)
52. Risk Sharing in Private Information Models with Asset Accumulation: Explaining the Excess Smoothness of Consumption
    Carlo Alberto Notebooks, Collegio Carlo Alberto View citations (4)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2007) View citations (21)
53. Training Disadvantaged Youth in Latin America: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)

2006

54. 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 (40)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (33)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (32)
55. Estimating ATT Effects with Non-Experimental Data and Low Compliance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
56. Estimating Euler Equations with Noisy Data: Two Exact GMM Estimators
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (2005) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Euler equations with noisy data: two exact GMM estimators, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2009) View citations (33) (2009)
57. Explaining Life-Cycle Profiles of Home-Ownership and Labour Supply
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2006, Society for Computational Economics View citations (4)
58. Stochastic Components of Individual Consumption: A Time Series Analysis of Grouped Data
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2005

59. Booms and busts: consumption, house prices and expectations
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (35)
60. Consumption, house prices and expectations
    Bank of England working papers, Bank of England View citations (39)

2004

61. Effectiveness of tax incentives to boost (retirement) saving: theoretical motivation and empirical evidence
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (28)
62. Explaining Changes in Female Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Model
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (26)
    Also in Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2004) View citations (47)
    See also Journal Article Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2008) View citations (345) (2008)
63. Testing Private Information Models with Asset Accumulation
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)
64. What Really Happened to Consumption Inequality in the US?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (96)

2003

65. Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (44)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2003) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (346) (2004)

2002

66. Do Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Mexico
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (29)
67. Estimating Euler equations
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    Also in NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Euler Equations, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (104) (2004)
68. From wages to consumption inequality: tracking shocks
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (8)
69. Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (195)
    See also Journal Article Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2002) View citations (202) (2002)
70. The Evolution of Income and Consumption Distributions: What We Know and What We Can Learn From It
    Annual Meeting Plenary, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (5)

2001

71. Differential Mortality in the UK
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2001) View citations (17)
72. Pension wealth and household saving: evidence from pension reforms in the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (16)
73. Sacudidas salariales y variabilidad del consumo en México durante los años 90
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
74. Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Wage shocks and consumption variability in Mexico during the 1990s, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (19) (2004)

2000

75. 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 (27)
    See also Journal Article CREDIT CONSTRAINTS IN THE MARKET FOR CONSUMER DURABLES: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA ON CAR LOANS, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2008) View citations (115) (2008)
76. 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?
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
77. Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (21)
78. The Demographic Transition in Closed and Open Economies: A Tale of Two Regions
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (21)
79. Transición demográfica en economías cerradas y abiertas: historia de dos regiones
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

1999

80. An Asset-Based Approach to the Analysis of Poverty in Latin America
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (22)
81. The Effects of IRAs on Household Consumption and National Saving
    Working Papers, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago

1998

82. Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1998) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2002) View citations (164) (2002)
83. Consumption Demand
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
84. El ahorro familiar y la distribución del ingreso en México
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
85. Household Savings and Income Distribution in Mexico
    Research Department Publications, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department View citations (13)
86. 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 (5)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998)
    See also Journal Article Intertemporal Choice And The Cross-Sectional Variance Of Marginal Utility, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2001) View citations (5) (2001)
87. 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 (15)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (15)
    CSEF Working Papers, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy (1998) View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article The Demand for Money, Financial Innovation, and the Welfare Cost of Inflation: An Analysis with Household Data, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2002) View citations (171) (2002)
88. Trends in household saving: a tale of two countries
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (22)

1997

89. The life cycle hypothesis and consumption inequality
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)

1995

90. Consumer Durables and Inertial Behavior: Estimation and Aggregation of (S,s) Rules
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
91. Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (31)
    Also in Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (2000) View citations (125) (2000)
92. Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (98)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1995) View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association (1999) View citations (313) (1999)

1994

93. IRAs and Household Saving Revisited: Some New Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
94. Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1995) View citations (578) (1995)
95. Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (1996) View citations (372) (1996)
96. The Intertemporal Allocation of Consumption: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article The intertemporal allocation of consumption: theory and evidence, Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, Elsevier (1995) View citations (27) (1995)

1993

97. A Cohort Analysis of Saving Behavior by U.S. Households
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (1993) View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Cohort Analysis of Saving Behavior by U.S. Households, Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press (1998) View citations (111) (1998)
98. Consumption Over the Life Cycle and Over the Business Cycle
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations (27)
    Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1993) View citations (12)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1993) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Consumption over the Life Cycle and over the Business Cycle, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (1995) View citations (283) (1995)
99. Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption: What Can We Learn From Micro and Macro Data?
    Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Testing the life cycle model consumption: what can we learn from micro and macro data?, Investigaciones Economicas, Fundación SEPI (1994) View citations (6) (1994)

1990

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

1989

101. CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND THE INTEREST RATE
     Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations (3)
     Also in Discussion Paper, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research (1989)

Undated

102. Enriching the Home Environment of Low-Income Families in Colombia: A Strategy to Promote Child Development at Scale
     Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (2)
103. Using the Infrastructure of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program to Deliver a Scalable Integrated Early Child Development Program in Colombia: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
     Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (94)

Journal Articles

2017

1. Human Capital Growth and Poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, 25, 234-259 View citations (44)

2015

2. Building social capital: Conditional cash transfers and cooperation
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 118, (C), 22-39 View citations (22)
3. Capital in the 21st century
   Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2015, 55, (1), 36-46 View citations (4)
4. Frank Ramsey's A Mathematical Theory of Saving
   Economic Journal, 2015, (583), 269-294 View citations (3)
5. Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, (2), 35-52 View citations (46)
6. The Impacts of Microfinance: Evidence from Joint-Liability Lending in Mongolia
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 90-122 View citations (164)

2014

7. Consumption Inequality over the Last Half Century: Some Evidence Using the New PSID Consumption Measure
   American Economic Review, 2014, 104, (5), 122-26 View citations (72)
8. Education choices and returns to schooling: Mothers' and youths' subjective expectations and their role by gender
   Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 109, (C), 203-216 View citations (134)
9. Efficient Responses to Targeted Cash Transfers
   Journal of Political Economy, 2014, 122, (1), 178 - 222 View citations (119)
   See also Working Paper Efficient responses to targeted cash transfers, IFS Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2013

10. Comment
    NBER Macroeconomics Annual, 2013, 27, (1), 57 - 77
11. Community Nurseries and the Nutritional Status of Poor Children. Evidence from Colombia
    Economic Journal, 2013, 123, 1025-1058 View citations (34)
12. The Demand for Food of Poor Urban Mexican Households: Understanding Policy Impacts Using Structural Models
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2013, 5, (1), 146-78 View citations (52)
13. Welfare consequences of food prices increases: Evidence from rural Mexico
    Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 104, (C), 136-151 View citations (72)

2012

14. Education Choices in Mexico: Using a Structural Model and a Randomized Experiment to Evaluate PROGRESA
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79, (1), 37-66 View citations (130)
    See also Working Paper Education choices in Mexico: using a structural model and a randomized experiment to evaluate Progresa, IFS Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
15. Food and Cash Transfers: Evidence from Colombia
    Economic Journal, 2012, 122, (559), 92-124 View citations (42)
    See also Working Paper Food and Cash Transfers: Evidence from Colombia, CEPR Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (12) (2009)
16. Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15, (1), 1-18 View citations (65)
    See also Software Item Code and data files for "Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle", Computer Codes (2011) (2011)
17. Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, 4, (2), 134-67 View citations (110)
    See also Working Paper Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks, Working Papers (2011) View citations (2) (2011)
18. The Impact of Oportunidades on Consumption, Savings and Transfers
    Fiscal Studies, 2012, 33, (3), 305-334 View citations (32)

2011

19. Behind the scenes: experience managing and conducting large impact evaluations in Colombia
    Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2011, 3, (4), 470-501 View citations (3)
20. Changes in Consumption at Retirement: Evidence from Panel Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93, (3), 1094-1099 View citations (68)
21. DO HOUSE PRICES DRIVE CONSUMPTION GROWTH? THE COINCIDENT CYCLES OF HOUSE PRICES AND CONSUMPTION IN THE UK
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9, (3), 399-435 View citations (80)
22. Intertemporal consumption choices, transaction costs and limited participation in financial markets: reconciling data and theory
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2011, 26, (2), 322-343 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Intertemporal Consumption Choices, Transaction Costs and Limited Participation in Financial Markets: Reconciling Data and Theory, Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)
23. Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3, (3), 188-220 View citations (215)

2010

24. Children's Schooling and Work in the Presence of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Rural Colombia
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2010, 58, (2), 181-210 View citations (61)
25. Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy
    Journal of Economic Literature, 2010, 48, (3), 693-751 View citations (343)
    See also Working Paper Consumption and Saving: Models of Intertemporal Allocation and Their Implications for Public Policy, NBER Working Papers (2010) View citations (340) (2010)
26. Mexico in the 1990s: the Main Cross-Sectional Facts
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010, 13, (1), 238-264 View citations (37)
    See also Software Item Code and data files for "Mexico in the 1990s: the Main Cross-Sectional Facts", Computer Codes (2009) (2009)

2009

27. Building Trust? Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes and Social Capital*
    Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30, (2), 139-177 View citations (24)
28. Estimating Euler equations with noisy data: two exact GMM estimators
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2009, 24, (2), 309-324 View citations (33)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Euler Equations with Noisy Data: Two Exact GMM Estimators, Economics Series Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
29. Expectations and Perceptions in Developing Countries: Their Measurement and Their Use
    American Economic Review, 2009, 99, (2), 87-92 View citations (74)
30. Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57, (3), 479-506 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (39) (2009)

2008

31. CREDIT CONSTRAINTS IN THE MARKET FOR CONSUMER DURABLES: EVIDENCE FROM MICRO DATA ON CAR LOANS
    International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (2), 401-436 View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper Credit Constraints in the Market for Consumer Durables: Evidence from Micro Data on Car Loans, NBER Working Papers (2000) View citations (27) (2000)
32. Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1517-52 View citations (345)
    See also Working Paper Explaining Changes in Female Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Model, 2004 Meeting Papers (2004) View citations (26) (2004)

2007

33. Global demographic trends and social security reform
    Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, (1), 144-198 View citations (173)
    Also in Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad, 1999 (1999) View citations (1)

2006

34. Quantifying the Effects of the Demographic Transition in Developing Economies
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006, 6, (1), 1-44 View citations (52)
35. The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Programme on Consumption in Colombia
    Fiscal Studies, 2006, 27, (4), 421-442 View citations (55)

2005

36. Female Labor Supply As Insurance Against Idiosyncratic Risk
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 755-764 View citations (117)

2004

37. Child health in rural Colombia: determinants and policy interventions
    Economics & Human Biology, 2004, 2, (3), 411-438 View citations (14)
38. Estimating Euler Equations
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2004, 7, (2), 405-435 View citations (104)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Euler equations, IFS Working Papers (2002) View citations (3) (2002)
39. Trade reforms and wage inequality in Colombia
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 74, (2), 331-366 View citations (346)
    See also Working Paper Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia, CEPR Discussion Papers (2003) View citations (44) (2003)
40. Wage shocks and consumption variability in Mexico during the 1990s
    Journal of Development Economics, 2004, 73, (1), 1-25 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Wage Shocks and Consumption Variability in Mexico during the 1990s, Research Department Publications (2001) View citations (2) (2001)

2003

41. Editorial Announcement
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (4), 697-697
42. Limited Commitment and Crowding out of Private Transfers: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment
    Economic Journal, 2003, 113, (486), C77-C85 View citations (70)
43. Mortality, Health Status, and Wealth
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (4), 821-850 View citations (57)
44. Pension Wealth and Household Saving: Evidence from Pension Reforms in the United Kingdom
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (5), 1499-1521 View citations (151)
45. Social Security and Households' Saving
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2003, 118, (3), 1075-1119 View citations (173)
46. Stock-Market Participation, Intertemporal Substitution, and Risk-Aversion
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (2), 383-391 View citations (248)

2002

47. Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility
    Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 110, (4), 771-792 View citations (164)
    See also Working Paper Asset Holding and Consumption Volatility, NBER Working Papers (1998) View citations (20) (1998)
48. From Earnings Inequality to Consumption Inequality
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (478), C52-C59 View citations (37)
49. Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002, 5, (4), 720-748 View citations (202)
    See also Working Paper Tests of Income Pooling in Household Decisions, Economics Series Working Papers (2002) View citations (195) (2002)
50. 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 (171)
    See also Working Paper The Demand for Money, Financial Innovation and the Welfare Cost of Inflation: An Analysis with Households' Data, CEPR Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (15) (1998)
51. The Effect Of Individual Retirement Accounts On Household Consumption And National Saving
    Economic Journal, 2002, 112, (6), 504-538 View citations (35)

2001

52. Households savings in the U.S.A
    Research in Economics, 2001, 55, (1), 109-132 View citations (5)
53. Intertemporal Choice And The Cross-Sectional Variance Of Marginal Utility
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (1), 13-27 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Intertemporal Choice and the Cross Sectional Variance of Marginal Utility, CSEF Working Papers (1998) View citations (5) (1998)
54. The assessment: household saving - issues in theory and policy
    Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2001, 17, (1), 1-19 View citations (17)

2000

55. Consumer Durables and Inertial Behaviour: Estimation and Aggregation of (S, s) Rules for Automobile Purchases
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), 667-696 View citations (92)
56. Consumption smoothing in island economies: Can public insurance reduce welfare?
    European Economic Review, 2000, 44, (7), 1225-1258 View citations (136)
57. Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation
    Journal of Human Resources, 2000, 35, (1), 1-29 View citations (125)
    See also Working Paper Differential Mortality and Wealth Accumulation, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (31) (1995)
58. Editorial Announcement
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (4), i
59. 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 (204)
60. Symposium on Optimal Monetary Policy
    The Review of Economic Studies, 2000, 67, (3), 581

1999

61. "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
62. Ahorro de los hogares y distribución del ingreso en México
    Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, 1999, VIII, (2), 267-338 View citations (1)
63. Editorial Announcements
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (4), i
64. Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 1999, 17, (1), 22-35 View citations (313)
    See also Working Paper Humps and Bumps in Lifetime Consumption, NBER Working Papers (1995) View citations (98) (1995)
65. Introducción: La pobreza en la América Latina. Análisis basado en los activos
    El Trimestre Económico, 1999, 66 (3), (263), 317-364
66. Introduction
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1999, 66, (1), 1-2

1998

67. Cohort Analysis of Saving Behavior by U.S. Households
    Journal of Human Resources, 1998, 33, (3), 575-609 View citations (111)
    See also Working Paper A Cohort Analysis of Saving Behavior by U.S. Households, NBER Working Papers (1993) View citations (30) (1993)

1997

68. Consumption and saving behaviour: modelling recent trends
    Fiscal Studies, 1997, 18, (1), 23-47 View citations (6)

1996

69. Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption
    Journal of Political Economy, 1996, 104, (6), 1227-62 View citations (372)
    See also Working Paper Relative Wage Movements and the Distribution of Consumption, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (8) (1994)

1995

70. Consumption over the Life Cycle and over the Business Cycle
    American Economic Review, 1995, 85, (5), 1118-37 View citations (283)
    See also Working Paper Consumption Over the Life Cycle and Over the Business Cycle, Working Papers (1993) View citations (27) (1993)
71. Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (6), 1121-57 View citations (578)
    See also Working Paper Is Consumption Growth Consistent with Intertemporal Optimization? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (9) (1994)
72. The intertemporal allocation of consumption: theory and evidence
    Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy, 1995, 42, (1), 39-56 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper The Intertemporal Allocation of Consumption: Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1994) View citations (11) (1994)

1994

73. Testing the life cycle model consumption: what can we learn from micro and macro data?
    Investigaciones Economicas, 1994, 18, (3), 433-463 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption: What Can We Learn From Micro and Macro Data?, Working Papers (1993) View citations (3) (1993)
74. The UK Consumption Boom of the Late 1980s: Aggregate Implications of Microeconomic Evidence
    Economic Journal, 1994, 104, (427), 1269-1302 View citations (90)

1993

75. An analysis of life-cycle accumulation of financial assets
    Ricerche Economiche, 1993, 47, (4), 323-354 View citations (7)
76. Consumption Growth, the Interest Rate and Aggregation
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1993, 60, (3), 631-649 View citations (397)

1991

77. Risk, Time-Varying Second Moments and Market Efficiency
    The Review of Economic Studies, 1991, 58, (3), 479-494 View citations (29)

1990

78. Asset price volatility and information structures
    Economics Letters, 1990, 33, (2), 159-164 View citations (7)

1989

79. Intertemporal Substitution, Risk Aversion and the Euler Equation for Consumption
    Economic Journal, 1989, 99, (395), 59-73 View citations (151)

1988

80. Real effects of demand- and supply-side policies in interdependent economies
    Economic Modelling, 1988, 5, (2), 151-164 View citations (1)

Chapters

2018

1. Inequality in Socio-emotional Skills: A Cross-Cohort Comparison
   A chapter in Inequality and Public Policy, Trans-Atlantic Public Economics Seminar 2018, 2018 View citations (1)

2014

2. The Evolution of Income, Consumption, and Leisure Inequality in the United States, 1980–2010
   A chapter in Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, 2014, pp 100-140 View citations (12)

2012

3. Comment on "Does Indivisible Labor Explain the Difference between Micro and Macro Elasticities? A Meta-Analysis of Extensive Margin Elasticities"
   A chapter in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2012, Volume 27, 2012, pp 57-77 View citations (2)

2010

4. Financing Medicare: A General Equilibrium Analysis
   A chapter in Demography and the Economy, 2010, pp 333-366 View citations (47)

2007

5. What Really Happened to Consumption Inequality in the United States?
   A chapter in Hard-to-Measure Goods and Services: Essays in Honor of Zvi Griliches, 2007, pp 515-543 View citations (53)

1999

6. Consumption
   Chapter 11 in Handbook of Macroeconomics, 1999, vol. 1, Part B, pp 741-812 View citations (23)

1994

7. Personal Saving in the United States
   A chapter in International Comparisons of Household Saving, 1994, pp 57-124 View citations (27)

Software Items

2011

1. Code and data files for "Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle"
   Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics
   See also Journal Article Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2012) View citations (65) (2012)

2009

2. Code and data files for "Mexico in the 1990s: the Main Cross-Sectional Facts"
   Computer Codes, Review of Economic Dynamics
   See also Journal Article Mexico in the 1990s: the Main Cross-Sectional Facts, Review of Economic Dynamics, Elsevier for the Society for Economic Dynamics (2010) View citations (37) (2010)

Editor

1. Journal of the European Economic Association
   MIT Press