Journal of Economic Perspectives

1987 - 2026

Current editor(s): Enrico Moretti

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Volume 38, issue 4, 2024

Export-Led Industrial Policy for Developing Countries: Is There a Way to Pick Winners? pp. 3-26

Tristan Reed

The Political Economy of Industrial Policy pp. 27-54

Réka Juhász and Nathaniel Lane

Industrial Policy: Lessons from Shipbuilding pp. 55-80

Panle Barwick, Myrto Kalouptsidi and Nahim Bin Zahur

Semiconductors and Modern Industrial Policy pp. 81-110

Chad Bown and Dan Wang

Alexander Hamilton's Report on Manufactures and Industrial Policy pp. 111-30

Richard Sylla

Evaluating Behavioral Incentive Compatibility: Insights from Experiments pp. 131-54

David Danz, Lise Vesterlund and Alistair Wilson

Behavioral Incentive Compatibility and Empirically Informed Welfare Analysis: An Introductory Guide pp. 155-74

Alex Rees-Jones

Designing Simple Mechanisms pp. 175-92

Shengwu Li

The Problem of Good Conduct among Financial Advisers pp. 193-210

Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru

Retrospectives: Friedman and Schwartz, Disaggregated pp. 211-28

Jennifer Burns

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 229-36

Timothy Taylor

Volume 38, issue 3, 2024

Sweeping Changes and an Uncertain Legacy: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 pp. 3-32

William G. Gale, Jeffrey L. Hoopes and Kyle Pomerleau

The US Individual Income Tax: Recent Evolution and Evidence pp. 33-60

Jon Bakija

Lessons from the Biggest Business Tax Cut in US History pp. 61-88

Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick

US International Corporate Taxation after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act pp. 89-112

Kimberly Clausing

Are Opportunity Zones an Effective Place-Based Policy? pp. 113-36

Kevin Corinth and Naomi Feldman

Seeking the "Missing Women" of Economics with the Undergraduate Women in Economics Challenge pp. 137-62

Tatyana Avilova and Claudia Goldin

Valuing Identity in the Classroom: What Economics Can Learn from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education pp. 163-90

Sergio Barrera, Susan Sajadi, Marionette Holmes and Sarah Jacobson

Lessons for Expanding the Share of Disadvantaged Students in Economics from the AEA Summer Program at Michigan State University pp. 191-208

Lisa D. Cook and Christine Moser

What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans? pp. 209-36

W. Looney and Constantine Yannelis

On the Economics of Extinction and Possible Mass Extinctions pp. 237-59

M. Scott Taylor and Rolf Weder

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 261-68

Timothy Taylor

Volume 38, issue 2, 2024

How Economists Could Help Inform Economic and Budget Analysis Used by the US Congress pp. 3-24

Staff of the Congressional Budget Office

The Economic Constitution of the United States pp. 25-42

Cass R. Sunstein

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and Economic Research pp. 43-62

Wendy Edelberg and Greg Feldberg

Philanthropic Cause Prioritization pp. 63-82

Emily Oehlsen

The Shifting Reasons for Beveridge Curve Shifts pp. 83-106

Gadi Barlevy, Jason Faberman, Bart Hobijn and Aysegul Sahin

Perspectives on the Labor Share pp. 107-36

Loukas Karabarbounis

Why Labor Supply Matters for Macroeconomics pp. 137-58

Richard Rogerson

How Cyclical Is the User Cost of Labor? pp. 159-80

Marianna Kudlyak

Government Data of the People, by the People, for the People: Navigating Citizen Privacy Concerns pp. 181-200

Claire McKay Bowen

When Privacy Protection Goes Wrong: How and Why the 2020 Census Confidentiality Program Failed pp. 201-26

Steven Ruggles

Gabriel Zucman: Winner of the 2023 Clark Medal pp. 227-44

Emmanuel Saez

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 245-52

Timothy Taylor

Volume 38, issue 1, 2024

Skilled Immigrants, Firms, and the Global Geography of Innovation pp. 3-26

Britta Glennon

Migration and Innovation: Learning from Patent and Inventor Data pp. 27-54

Francesco Lissoni and Ernest Miguelez

Tax Equity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 55-80

Pierre Bachas, Anders Jensen and Lucie Gadenne

How Can Lower-Income Countries Collect More Taxes? The Role of Technology, Tax Agents, and Politics pp. 81-106

Oyebola Okunogbe and Gabriel Tourek

Does the Value-Added Tax Add Value? Lessons Using Administrative Data from a Diverse Set of Countries pp. 107-32

Anne Brockmeyer, Giulia Mascagni, Vedanth Nair, Mazhar Waseem and Miguel Almunia

The Failure of Silicon Valley Bank and the Panic of 2023 pp. 133-52

Andrew Metrick

Is Pay Transparency Good? pp. 153-80

Zoë Cullen

Immigration and Crime: An International Perspective pp. 181-200

Olivier Marie and Paolo Pinotti

Care Provision and the Boundaries of Production pp. 201-20

Nancy Folbre

Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries pp. 221-44

Eliana Carranza and David McKenzie

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 245-52

Timothy Taylor

Volume 37, issue 4, 2023

Why Did the Best Prepared Country in the World Fare So Poorly during COVID? pp. 3-22

Jennifer B. Nuzzo and Jorge R. Ledesma

The Evolution of Work from Home pp. 23-50

Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom and Steven Davis

COVID-19, School Closures, and Outcomes pp. 51-70

Rebecca Jack and Emily Oster

Changes in the Distribution of Black and White Wealth since the US Civil War pp. 71-90

Ellora Derenoncourt, Chi Hyun Kim, Moritz Kuhn and Moritz Schularick

Why Do Retired Households Draw Down Their Wealth So Slowly? pp. 91-114

Eric French, John Jones and Rory McGee

Where Does Wealth Come From? Measuring Lifetime Resources in Norway pp. 115-36

Sandra Black, Paul Devereux, Fanny Landaud and Kjell G Salvanes

The Importance of Financial Literacy: Opening a New Field pp. 137-54

Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia Mitchell

Transmission Impossible? Prospects for Decarbonizing the US Grid pp. 155-80

Lucas Davis, Catherine Hausman and Nancy Rose

The Economics of Electricity Reliability pp. 181-206

Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell and Erin Mansur

The Economics Profession's Socioeconomic Diversity Problem pp. 207-30

Anna Stansbury and Robert Schultz

Early Career Paths of Economists inside and outside of Academia pp. 231-50

Lucia Foster, Erika McEntarfer and Danielle Sandler

Retrospectives: Margaret Reid, Chicago, and Permanent Income pp. 251-64

Evelyn L. Forget

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 265-72

Timothy Taylor

Volume 37, issue 3, 2023

How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965–2020 pp. 3-30

Sharat Ganapati and Woan Foong Wong

The Changing Firm and Country Boundaries of US Manufacturers in Global Value Chains pp. 31-58

Teresa C. Fort

Global Value Chains in Developing Countries: A Relational Perspective from Coffee and Garments pp. 59-86

Laura Boudreau, Julia Cajal-Grossi and Rocco Macchiavello

Are Developed Countries Outsourcing Pollution? pp. 87-110

Arik Levinson

Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 111-36

Rachel Glennerster and Seema Jayachandran

Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary pp. 137-62

Kimberly Clausing and Catherine Wolfram

Global Transportation Decarbonization pp. 163-88

David Rapson and Erich Muehlegger

Compensating Wage Differentials in Labor Markets: Empirical Challenges and Applications pp. 189-212

Kurt Lavetti

What Can Historically Black Colleges and Universities Teach about Improving Higher Education Outcomes for Black Students? pp. 213-32

Gregory Price and Angelino Viceisza

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 233-40

Timothy Taylor

Volume 37, issue 2, 2023

Economic Activity across Space: A Supply and Demand Approach pp. 3-28

Treb Allen and Costas Arkolakis

Neighborhood Change, Gentrification, and the Urbanization of College Graduates pp. 29-52

Victor Couture and Jessie Handbury

Constraints on City and Neighborhood Growth: The Central Role of Housing Supply pp. 53-74

Nathaniel Baum-Snow

Quantitative Urban Models: From Theory to Data pp. 75-98

Stephen Redding

Achieving Universal Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: Addressing Market Failures or Providing a Social Floor? pp. 99-122

Katherine Baicker, Amitabh Chandra and Mark Shepard

The Prices in the Crises: What We Are Learning from 20 Years of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 123-52

Jishnu Das and Quy-Toan Do

America's Continuing Struggle with Mental Illnesses: Economic Considerations pp. 153-78

Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied

Depression and Loneliness among the Elderly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 179-202

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Erin Grela, Madeline McKelway, Frank Schilbach, Garima Sharma and Girija Vaidyanathan

An Introductory Guide to Event Study Models pp. 203-30

Douglas Miller

Retrospectives: Edgar Sydenstricker: Household Equivalence Scales and the Causes of Pellagra pp. 231-46

Philip Clarke and Guido Erreygers

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 247-54

Timothy Taylor

Volume 37, issue 1, 2023

Economic Sanctions: Evolution, Consequences, and Challenges pp. 3-30

T. Clifton Morgan, Constantinos Syropoulos and Yoto Yotov

Financial Sanctions, SWIFT, and the Architecture of the International Payment System pp. 31-52

Marco Cipriani, Linda Goldberg and Gabriele La Spada

Monetary Policy When the Central Bank Shapes Financial-Market Sentiment pp. 53-76

Anil K Kashyap and Jeremy C. Stein

Risk Appetite and the Risk-Taking Channel of Monetary Policy pp. 77-100

Michael Bauer, Ben Bernanke and Eric Milstein

Landings, Soft and Hard: The Federal Reserve, 1965–2022 pp. 101-20

Alan Blinder

Monetary Policy and Inequality pp. 121-44

Alisdair McKay and Christian Wolf

Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox pp. 145-68

Jose Fernandez, Mónica García-Pérez and Sandra Orozco-Aleman

Hispanic Americans in the Labor Market: Patterns over Time and across Generations pp. 169-98

Francisca Antman, Brian Duncan and Stephen Trejo

US Immigration from Latin America in Historical Perspective pp. 199-222

Gordon Hanson, Pia Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny

Oleg Itskhoki: 2022 John Bates Clark Medalist pp. 223-40

Andrew Atkeson and Gita Gopinath

Recommendations for Further Reading pp. 241-48

Timothy Taylor