Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 23 No. 4 Fall 2009

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Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

Symposium: Household Risks

The Rising Instability of U.S. Earnings

by Peter Gottschalk and Robert Moffitt

(pp. 3-24)

The Evolution of Medical Spending Risk

by Jonathan Gruber and Helen Levy

(pp. 25-48)

Changing Household Financial Opportunities and Economic Security

by Karen E. Dynan

(pp. 49-68)

Job Loss and the Fraying of the Implicit Employment Contract

by Kevin F. Hallock

(pp. 69-93)

Symposium: College Admissions

The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges

by Caroline M. Hoxby

(pp. 95-118)

Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition

by John Bound, Brad Hershbein and Bridget Terry Long

(pp. 119-46)

Articles

Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice

by N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl and Danny Yagan

(pp. 147-74)

Mortality Inequality

by Sam Peltzman

(pp. 175-90)

The Liabilities and Risks of State-Sponsored Pension Plans

by Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh

(pp. 191-210)

Field Experiments in Class Size from the Early Twentieth Century

by Jonah Rockoff

(pp. 211-30)

Features

Recommendations for Further Reading

by Timothy Taylor

(pp. 231-38)

The Shrinking Medicare Part D Benefit: Comment

by Carl Johnston

(pp. 239-40)

Notes (pp. 241-246)