Policy Radio | Donald Cox on Intergenerational Transfers

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Donald Cox is a professor of Economics at Boston College. His main research area concerns intergenerational transfer behavior, and his recent work is focused on the implications of reproductive and evolutionary biology for the economics of family behavior. He has served as a consultant for the World Bank and is currently study section participant at the National Institutes of Health.  Cox holds a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University and received his undergraduate degree in economics from Boston College.

In this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Thomas Day discusses intergenerational transfers with Dr. Donald Cox, Professor of Economics at Boston College. Learn about the impact public transfers may have on private transfers and why giving your daughter more money than your son may be the sensible thing to do.

This podcast was produced by Claire O’Hanlon and David Levine. Special thanks to Ashlee Gabrysch.

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