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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 23 No. 4 Fall 2009

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Title

Abstract

Author

Front Matter (pp. 1-2)

Symposium: Household Risks

The Rising Instability of U.S. Earnings

Peter Gottschalk and Robert Moffitt

(pp. 3-24)

The Evolution of Medical Spending Risk

Jonathan Gruber and Helen Levy

(pp. 25-48)

Changing Household Financial Opportunities and Economic Security

Karen E. Dynan

(pp. 49-68)

Job Loss and the Fraying of the Implicit Employment Contract

Kevin F. Hallock

(pp. 69-93)

Symposium: College Admissions

The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges

Caroline M. Hoxby

(pp. 95-118)

Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition

John Bound, Brad Hershbein and Bridget Terry Long

(pp. 119-46)

Articles

Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice

N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl and Danny Yagan

(pp. 147-74)

Mortality Inequality

Sam Peltzman

(pp. 175-90)

The Liabilities and Risks of State-Sponsored Pension Plans

Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh

(pp. 191-210)

Field Experiments in Class Size from the Early Twentieth Century

Jonah Rockoff

(pp. 211-30)

Features

Recommendations for Further Reading

Timothy Taylor

(pp. 231-38)

The Shrinking Medicare Part D Benefit: Comment

Carl Johnston

(pp. 239-40)

Notes (pp. 241-246)