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Working Papers

2024

1. House price rises and borrowing to invest
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2022)
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article House price rises and borrowing to invest, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2022

2. Consumption and income inequality across generations
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (9)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2020) View citations (6)
   Working Paper series, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (2021)
3. Fertility and Family Labor Supply
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (3)
   Also in CEBI working paper series, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) (2022) View citations (1)
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022) View citations (1)
4. Marriage, Labor Supply and the Dynamics of the Social Safety Net
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (2)
   Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2018) View citations (45)
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (48)
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (62)
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2018) View citations (49)
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2018) View citations (26)
5. Stimulus Payments and Private Transfers
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Stimulus payments and private transfers, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2023) (2023)
6. Understanding REF funding allocations in 2022
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics
7. Winners and Losers of House Price Booms and Busts
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

2021

8. A year of COVID: the evolution of labour market and financial inequalities through the crisis
   Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article A year of COVID: the evolution of labour market and financial inequalities through the crisis, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
9. MPCs in an economic crisis: spending, saving and private transfers
   IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (5)
10. MPCs through COVID: spending, saving and private transfers
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (3)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020) View citations (6)
    ISER Working Paper Series, Institute for Social and Economic Research (2020) View citations (3)

2020

11. Estimating Temptation and Commitment Over the Life-Cycle
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020)
    See also Journal Article ESTIMATING TEMPTATION AND COMMITMENT OVER THE LIFE CYCLE, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
12. The Heterogeneous and Regressive Consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from High Quality Panel Data
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article The heterogeneous and regressive consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from high quality panel data, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (66) (2021)
13. The Idiosyncratic Impact of an Aggregate Shock The Distributional Consequences of COVID-19
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (31)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2020) View citations (19)
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2020) View citations (27)

2019

14. Disability Insurance: Error Rates and Gender Differences
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2019) View citations (3)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (3)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2019) View citations (3)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (3)
15. Durables and Lemons: Private Information and the Market for Cars
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University View citations (4)
    Also in Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University (2019) View citations (4)
    Economics Series Working Papers, University of Oxford, Department of Economics (2019) View citations (4)
    CEBI working paper series, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI) (2019) View citations (1)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (4)
    Economics Papers, Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford (2019) View citations (4)

2017

16. Aggregating Elasticities: Intensive and Extensive Margins of Female Labour Supply
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    Also in Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2015) View citations (19)
    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)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (21)
17. Consumption and Income Persistence across Generations
    2017 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2014

18. Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive-Insurance Tradeoff
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    See also Journal Article Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive Insurance Trade-Off, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (95) (2015)
19. Using a temporary indirect tax cut as a fiscal stimulus: evidence from the UK
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (12)

2013

20. Do Consumers Gamble to Convexify?
    Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2011) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Do consumers gamble to convexify?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2016) View citations (7) (2016)
21. Marriage, Social Insurance and Labor Supply
    2013 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (1)

2012

22. Durable purchases over the later life cycle
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (5)
23. Financial implications of relationship breakdown: does marriage matter?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Financial implications of relationship breakdown: Does marriage matter?, Review of Economics of the Household, Springer (2015) View citations (14) (2015)
24. Job Loss, Credit Constraints and Consumption Growth
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
    Also in Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum (2011) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Job Loss, Credit Constraints, and Consumption Growth, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2014) View citations (12) (2014)
25. Saving on a Rainy Day, Borrowing for a Rainy Day
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (36)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2012) View citations (38)
    Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum (2012) View citations (37)

2011

26. Consumption and labour supply: extensive and intensive margins
    2011 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
27. Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2008) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Decomposing changes in income risk using consumption data, Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society (2013) View citations (49) (2013)
28. Household Consumption Through Recent Recessions
    Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers, Koc University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum View citations (1)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2011) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Household Consumption through Recent Recessions, Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2013) View citations (21) (2013)

2010

29. Disability Risk, Disability Insurance and Life Cycle Behavior
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (32)
    Also in IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2010) View citations (30)

2009

30. Do self-insurance and disability insurance prevent consumption loss on disability?
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Do Self-insurance and Disability Insurance Prevent Consumption Loss on Disability?, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2014) View citations (11) (2014)
31. The economics of a temporary VAT cut
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article The Economics of a Temporary VAT Cut, Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons (2009) View citations (21) (2009)
32. Wage Risk and Employment Risk over the Life Cycle
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (11)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (2)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2008) View citations (16)
    2004 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2004) View citations (6)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (15)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (24)
    See also Journal Article Wage Risk and Employment Risk over the Life Cycle, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2010) View citations (383) (2010)

2007

33. Disability shocks and consumption behavior
    2007 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
34. Why do home owners work longer hours?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (18)

2006

35. Explaining Life-Cycle Profiles of Home-Ownership and Labour Supply
    Computing in Economics and Finance 2006, Society for Computational Economics View citations (4)

2005

36. Borrowing Constraints, the Cost of Precautionary Saving, and Unemployment Insurance
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University View citations (8)
    Also in Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2004) View citations (1)
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2005) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Borrowing constraints, the cost of precautionary saving and unemployment insurance, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2011) View citations (9) (2011)
37. Is the elasticity of intertemporal substitution constant?
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article IS THE ELASTICITY OF INTERTEMPORAL SUBSTITUTION CONSTANT?, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2011) View citations (38) (2011)
38. Unexploited Connections Between Intra- and Inter-temporal Allocation
    Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers, McMaster University
    Also in Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports, McMaster University (2005)
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2005)

2004

39. 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 (351) (2008)
40. Income risk and consumption inequality: a simulation study
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (4)
41. When Might Unemployment Insurance Matter?
    Department of Economics Working Papers, McMaster University View citations (5)

2002

42. 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)

2000

43. Optimal taxation and risk sharing
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (2)

1999

44. Self-insurance and unemployment benefit in a life-cycle model of labour supply and savings
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies View citations (14)

1996

45. The dynamic effects of bank monopoly power
    IFS Working Papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Journal Articles

2024

1. House price rises and borrowing to invest
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 223, (C), 86-105
   See also Working Paper House price rises and borrowing to invest, IFS Working Papers (2024) (2024)
2. Labour supply and the cost of house price booms and busts
   Labour Economics, 2024, 90, (C)

2023

3. A year of COVID: the evolution of labour market and financial inequalities through the crisis
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2023, 75, (3), 589-612 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper A year of COVID: the evolution of labour market and financial inequalities through the crisis, Economics Series Working Papers (2021) View citations (2) (2021)
4. Stimulus payments and private transfers
   Economics Letters, 2023, 222, (C)
   See also Working Paper Stimulus Payments and Private Transfers, Economics Series Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

5. ESTIMATING TEMPTATION AND COMMITMENT OVER THE LIFE CYCLE
   International Economic Review, 2021, 62, (1), 101-139 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Estimating Temptation and Commitment Over the Life-Cycle, Economics Series Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
6. The heterogeneous and regressive consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from high quality panel data
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 193, (C) View citations (66)
   See also Working Paper The Heterogeneous and Regressive Consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from High Quality Panel Data, Economics Series Working Papers (2020) View citations (8) (2020)

2020

7. Disability Insurance: Theoretical Trade‐Offs and Empirical Evidence
   Fiscal Studies, 2020, 41, (1), 129-164 View citations (10)

2018

8. Aggregating Elasticities: Intensive and Extensive Margins of Women's Labor Supply
   Econometrica, 2018, 86, (6), 2049-2082 View citations (42)

2017

9. The Use of Structural Models in Econometrics
   Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2017, 31, (2), 33-58 View citations (46)

2016

10. Do consumers gamble to convexify?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 131, (PA), 276-291 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Do Consumers Gamble to Convexify?, Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2015

11. Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive Insurance Trade-Off
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (10), 2986-3029 View citations (95)
    See also Working Paper Disability Insurance and the Dynamics of the Incentive-Insurance Tradeoff, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (2014) (2014)
12. Female labour market outcomes and the impact of maternity leave policies
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, (1), 1-22 View citations (16)
13. Financial implications of relationship breakdown: Does marriage matter?
    Review of Economics of the Household, 2015, 13, (4), 735-769 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Financial implications of relationship breakdown: does marriage matter?, IFS Working Papers (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2014

14. Do Self-insurance and Disability Insurance Prevent Consumption Loss on Disability?
    Economica, 2014, 81, (323), 468-490 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Do self-insurance and disability insurance prevent consumption loss on disability?, Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
15. Job Loss, Credit Constraints, and Consumption Growth
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (5), 876-884 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Job Loss, Credit Constraints and Consumption Growth, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (2012) (2012)

2013

16. Decomposing changes in income risk using consumption data
    Quantitative Economics, 2013, 4, (1), 1-37 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Decomposing Changes in Income Risk Using Consumption Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (8) (2011)
17. Household Consumption through Recent Recessions
    Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34, (2), 203-229 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Household Consumption Through Recent Recessions, Koç University-TUSIAD Economic Research Forum Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
18. Moving beyond GDP
    Fiscal Studies, 2013, 34, 285-288

2012

19. Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2012, 15, (1), 1-18 View citations (67)
    See also Software Item Code and data files for "Modelling the Demand for Housing over the Lifecycle", Computer Codes (2011) (2011)

2011

20. Borrowing constraints, the cost of precautionary saving and unemployment insurance
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2011, 18, (6), 658-687 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Borrowing Constraints, the Cost of Precautionary Saving, and Unemployment Insurance, Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers (2005) View citations (8) (2005)
21. IS THE ELASTICITY OF INTERTEMPORAL SUBSTITUTION CONSTANT?
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9, (1), 87-105 View citations (38)
    See also Working Paper Is the elasticity of intertemporal substitution constant?, IFS Working Papers (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2010

22. Wage Risk and Employment Risk over the Life Cycle
    American Economic Review, 2010, 100, (4), 1432-67 View citations (383)
    See also Working Paper Wage Risk and Employment Risk over the Life Cycle, NBER Working Papers (2009) View citations (11) (2009)

2009

23. The Economics of a Temporary VAT Cut
    Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30, (1), 3-16 View citations (21)
    Also in Fiscal Studies, 2009, 30, (1), 3-16 (2009) View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper The economics of a temporary VAT cut, IFS Working Papers (2009) View citations (24) (2009)

2008

24. Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model
    American Economic Review, 2008, 98, (4), 1517-52 View citations (351)
    See also Working Paper Explaining Changes in Female Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Model, 2004 Meeting Papers (2004) View citations (26) (2004)

2005

25. Female Labor Supply As Insurance Against Idiosyncratic Risk
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2005, 3, (2-3), 755-764 View citations (119)
26. Self-Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Labor Supply and Savings
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2005, 8, (4), 945-975 View citations (106)

2004

27. 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)
28. Optimal taxation, prudence and risk-sharing
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (3-4), 443-464 View citations (19)

2000

29. Noisy Convention Selection with Local Interaction
    Sociological Methods & Research, 2000, 28, (3), 312-340

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 (67) (2012)