A. Household Saving and Borrowing: The following papers examine the impact of post-tax interest rates on household saving and borrowing
1. The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement saving. Bank of Spain Working Paper No. 724 Joint with Juan Ayuso (Bank of Spain) and Juan Jimeno (Bank of Spain, CEPR, IZA) Link
2. The impact of Mortgage Interest Rate Subsidies on Household Borrowing (2006) Journal of Public Economics vol. 90(8-9), pages 1601-1623. Joint with Nuno Martins (Universidade Nova de Lisboa). Link.
B. Intergenerational Links: These papers study different ways in which members of the same extended family help each other.
1. Estimating the Response of Bequests to Early and Late Income Shocks (joint with Joseph Altonji) Woking on it!
2. Does Limited Access to Mortgage Debt Explain Why Young Adults Live With Their Parents? (2006) (joint with Nuno Martins). Journal of the European Economic Association (forthcoming). Link to older version
3. The Marginal Propensity to Spend on Adult Children (joint with Joe Altonji, Yale University) The B. E. Journalof Economic Analysis & Policy Volume 7: Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 14 Link (older version).
4. Inter vivos transfers and bequests in three OECD countries (2005) Economic Policy 20 (43): 505-565. Link
5. Credit Constraints and Household Formation, 2006 (Joint with Nuno Martins) in “Labour Adjustment in Europe”, edited by Edward Elgar.
6. Parental Altruism under Imperfect Information: Theory and Evidence. Manuscript. Link.
C. Labor Markets. Compensating wage differentials and the role of employment risk.
1. Employment Risk and Household Formation: Evidence from Differences in Firing Costs (joint with Mario Garcia-Ferreira, NERA). Link to December 2007 version
2. Estimating Compensating Wage Differentials Using Voluntary Job Changes: Evidence from Germany (July 2007), Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Vol 60 No. 4: 544-561 Link to older version
