Donald Cox
Professor of Economics
Boston College
Background
Donald Cox is a Professor of Economics at Boston College. His primary research interests are intergenerational transfers, the interplay between evolutionary biology and economics of the family, economic development, consumer theory and labor economics. He has published widely on these issues and presented his work at numerous conferences and seminars. Before joining Boston College in 1987, he served as an Assistant Professor at Washington University for six years and as an economist at Stanford University's Hoover Institute for two years. He also spent two years as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Professor Cox has served as a consultant for The World Bank since 1986.
Dr. Cox received his B.S. in Economics from Boston College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Private Transfers in a Cross Section of Developing Countries" (with Emanuela Galasso and Emmanuel Jimenez), Working Paper, #2006-01, January 2006.
"Bequests, Inheritances and Family Traditions" (with Oded Stark), Working Paper, #2005-09, August 2005.
"Motivation for Money and Care that Adult Children Provide for Parents: Evidence from “Point-Blank” Survey Questions" (with Beth J. Soldo), Working Paper, #2004-17, May 2004.
Selected Publications
- Cox, Donald, Zekeriya Eser, and Emanuel Jimenez. 1998. "Motives for Private Transfers Over the Life-Cycle: An Analytical Framework and Evidence for Peru." Journal of Development Economics 55(February): 57-80.
- Cox, Donald and George Jakubson. 1995. "The Connection Between Public Transfers and Private Interfamily Transfers." Journal of Public Economics 57(1): 129-167.
- Cox, Donald. 1990. "Intergenerational Transfers and Liquidity Constraints." Quarterly Journal of Economics 105(1): 187-217.
Links