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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2006


Symposium: Happiness Economics



Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being (pp. 3-24)
Daniel Kahneman and Alan B. Krueger
Free Article

Some Uses of Happiness Data in Economics (pp. 25-46)
Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Free Article

Symposium: Poverty



Poverty in America: Trends and Explanations (pp. 47-68)
Hilary W. Hoynes, Marianne E. Page and Ann Huff Stevens
Free Article

Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective (pp. 69-90)
Timothy Smeeding
Free Article

Symposium: Public Sector Absenteeism



Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries (pp. 91-116)
Nazmul Chaudhury, Jeffrey Hammer, Michael Kremer, Karthik Muralidharan and F. Halsey Rogers
Free Article

Addressing Absence (pp. 117-132)
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Free Article

Articles



The Economy of the Early Roman Empire (pp. 133-151)
Peter Temin

Electronic Trading in Stock Markets (pp. 153-174)
Hans R. Stoll

What's in a Surname? The Effects of Surname Initials on Academic Success (pp. 175-187)
Liran Einav and Leeat Yariv

Features



Markets: Beer in Germany and the United States (pp. 189-205)
William James Adams

Policy Watch: Debt Relief (pp. 207-220)
Serkan Arslanalp and Peter Blair Henry

Anomalies: Utility Maximization and Experienced Utility (pp. 221-234)
Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler

Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 235-242)
Timothy Taylor

Notes (pp. 243-245)