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In contemporary economies intergenerational transfers play a major role in redistributing resources from people of working ages to children and the elderly (Lee 2003). Whereas the elderly generally receive substantial support through social insurance programs, family transfers are the main support for children (Lee 1997, 2003). Despite unabated interest among researchers in issues pertaining to intergenerational transfers in developed countries, surprisingly little is known about these issues in emerging economies. With few exceptions (eg, Stecklov 1997; Lee 2000; Turra 2000), until the inception of the National Transfer Accounts project, research on intergenerational transfers in emerging economies had failed to consider specific institutional and socioeconomic settings that eventually affect the volume and direction of resources in those settings. Brazil provides an intriguing context for examining the role played …