Front Matter
(pp. 1–2)
Journal of Economic Perspectives
ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)
Vol. 23, No. 4, Fall 2009
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The Rising Instability of U.S. Earnings
(pp. 3–24)
The Evolution of Medical Spending Risk
(pp. 25–48)
Changing Household Financial Opportunities and Economic Security
(pp. 49–68)
Job Loss and the Fraying of the Implicit Employment Contract
(pp. 69–93)
The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges
(pp. 95–118)
Playing the Admissions Game: Student Reactions to Increasing College Competition
(pp. 119–46)
Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice
(pp. 147–74)
Mortality Inequality
(pp. 175–90)
The Liabilities and Risks of State-Sponsored Pension Plans
(pp. 191–210)
Field Experiments in Class Size from the Early Twentieth Century
(pp. 211–30)
Recommendations for Further Reading
(pp. 231–38)
The Shrinking Medicare Part D Benefit: Comment
(pp. 239–40)
Notes
(pp. 241–246)