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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 23, No. 4, Fall 2009


Front Matter (pp. i-vi)
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Symposium: Household Risks


The Rising Instability of U.S. Earnings (pp. 3-24)
Peter Gottschalk and Robert Moffitt
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The Evolution of Medical Spending Risk (pp. 25-48)
Jonathan Gruber and Helen Levy
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Changing Household Financial Opportunities and Economic Security (pp. 49-68)
Karen E. Dynan
Job Loss and the Fraying of the Implicit Employment Contract (pp. 69-93)
Kevin F. Hallock
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Symposium: College Admissions


The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges (pp. 95-118)
Caroline M. Hoxby
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Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition (pp. 119-46)
John Bound, Brad Hershbein and Bridget Terry Long

Articles


Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice (pp. 147-74)
N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl and Danny Yagan
Mortality Inequality (pp. 175-90)
Sam Peltzman
The Liabilities and Risks of State-Sponsored Pension Plans (pp. 191-210)
Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh
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Field Experiments in Class Size from the Early Twentieth Century (pp. 211-30)
Jonah Rockoff

Features


Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 231-38)
Timothy Taylor
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The Shrinking Medicare Part D Benefit: Comment (pp. 239-40)
Carl Johnston
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Notes (pp. 241-246)
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