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Publications

The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act: How Reasonable are the Projections?
Forthcoming, National Tax Journal (also available as NBER Working Paper #17168, June 2011).

Medicare Part D and the Financial Protection of the Elderly
Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (also available as NBER Working Paper #16155, July 2010) (with Gary Engelhardt).

Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State
Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (also available as NBER Working paper #15855, March 2010) (with Samuel Kleiner).

The Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Forthcoming, National Tax Journal (also available as NBER Working Paper #15766, February 2010).

Choice Inconsistencies Among the Elderly: Evidence From Plan Choice in the Medicare Part D Program
Forthcoming, American Economic Review (also available as NBER Working Paper #14759, February 2009) (with Jason Abaluck).

The Importance of the Individual Mandate — Evidence from Massachusetts
New England Journal of Medicine, January 2011, (with Amitabh Chandra and Robin McKnight).

Projecting the Impact of the Affordable Care Act on California
Health Affairs, 30(1), January 2011, p. 63-70 (with Peter Long).

Massachusetts Points the Way to Successful Health Care Reform
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(1), Winter 2011, p. 184-192.

The Facts from Massachusetts Speak Clearly: Response to Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30(1), Winter 2011, p. 194-194.

Fundamental Health Care Reform for the United States
Significance, September 2010, p. 130-132.

Buying Health Care, The Individual Mandate, and the Constitution
New England Journal of Medicine, 363, p. 401-403, July 29, 2010 (with Sara Rosenbaum).

The Cost Implications of Health Care Reform
New England Journal of Medicine, 362, 250-251, June 3, 2010.

How Sensitive are Low Income Families to Health Plan Prices?
American Economic Review, 100(2), May 2010, p. 292-296 (with David Chan).

Patient Cost-Sharing in Low Income Populations
American Economic Review, 100(2), May 2010, p. 303-308 (with Amitabh Chandra and Robin McKnight).

Patient Cost-Sharing, Hospitalization Offsets, and the Design of Optimal Health Insurance for the Elderly
American Economic Review, 100(1), March 2010, p. 193-213 (with Amitabh Chandra and Robin McKnight).

Getting the Facts Straight on Health Care Reform
New England Journal of Medicine, 361(26), December 2009, p. 2497-2499.

A Win-Win Approach to Financing Health Care Reform
New England Journal of Medicine, 361(1), July 2009, p. 4-5.

Abortion and Selection
Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(1), February 2009, 124-136 (with Liz Ananat, Phillip Levine, and Douglas Staiger).

Universal Health Insurance Coverage or Economic Relief: A False Choice
New England Journal of Medicine, 360(5), January 29, 2009, p. 437-439.

The Case for a Two-Tier Health System
Pathways, Winter 2009, p. 10-13.

Nursing Home Quality as a Public Good
Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2008, 90(4), p. 754-764 (with Joe Angelleli and David Grabowski).

Incremental Universalism for the United States: The States Move First?
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(4), Fall 2008, p. 51-68.

Covering the Uninsured in the United States
Journal of Economic Literature, 46(3), September 2008, p. 571-606.

Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being
Journal of Political Economy 116(4), 2008, p. 709-745 (with Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan).

The Church vs. The Mall: What Happens When Religion Faces Increased Secular Competition?
Quarterly Journal of Economics 123, May 2008, p. 831-862 (with Dan Hungerman).

Crowd-Out Ten Years Later: Have Recent Expansions of Public Insurance Crowded Out Private Health Insurance?
Journal of Health Economics 27, March 2008, p. 201-217. (with Kosali Simon).

Massachusetts Health Care Reform: The View from One Year Out
Risk Management and Insurance Review 11(1), Spring 2008, p. 51-63.

How Much Uncompensated Care to Doctors Provide?
Journal of Health Economics, 26, December 2007, p. 1151-1169 (with David Rodriguez).

Faith-Based Crowdout and Charity During the Great Depression
Journal of Public Economics, 91, June 2007, p. 1043-1069 (with Dan Hungerman).

Encouraging Homeownership Through the Tax Code
Tax Notes, June 18, 2007, p. 1-19 (with William Gale and Seth Stephens-Davidowitz).

Abortion Legalization and Lifecycle Fertility
Journal of Human Resources, 42(2), Spring 2007, p. 375-397 (with Elizabeth Ananat and Phil Levine).

Future Social Security Entitlements and the Retirement Decision
Review of Economics and Statistics, 89(2), 2007, p. 234-246 (with Courtney Coile).

Moral Hazard in Nursing Home Use
Journal of Health Economics, 26, 2007, p. 560-577 (with David Grabowski).

The Massachusetts Health Care Revolution: A Local Start for Universal Coverage
Hastings Center Report, 36(5), September-October 2006, p. 14-19.

Does Falling Smoking Lead to Rising Obesity?
Journal of Health Economics, 25(2), March 2006, p. 183-197 (with Michael Frakes).

The Middle Class Has a Higher Standard of Living Than Ever Before: Who Should Pay For It?
Boston Review, 30(5), September/October 2005, p. 13.

Social Security and Elderly Living Arrangements: Evidence from the Social Security Notch
Journal of Human Resources, 40(2), Spring 2005, p. 354-372 (with Gary Engelhardt and Cindy Perry).

Religious Market Structure, Religious Participation and Outcomes: Is Religion Good for You?

Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 5(1), Article 5, 2005.

Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?
Advances in Economic Analysis and Policy, 5(1), Article 4,  2005, (with Sendhil Mullainathan).

Subsidies to Employee Health Insurance Premiums and the Health Insurance Market
Journal of Health Economics, 24(2), March 2005,  p. 253-276. (with Ebonya Washington).
 
Public Insurance and Child Hospitalizations: Access and Efficiency Effects
Journal of Public Economics, 89 (1), January 2005, p. 109-129 (with Leemore Dafny).

Pay or Pray? The Impact of Charitable Subsidies on Religious Attendance
Journal of Public Economics, 88 (12), December 2004, p. 2635-2655.

Is Making Divorce Easier Bad for Children? The Long Run Implications of Unilateral Divorce
Journal of Labor Economics, 22(4), October, 2004, p. 799-833. (available as NBER working paper #7968)

Tax Incidence When Individuals are Time Inconsistent: The Case of Cigarette Excise Taxes
Journal of Public Economics, 88(9-10), August 2004, p. 1959-1988 (with Botond Koszegi).
                
How Elastic is the Firm’s Demand for Health Insurance?
Journal of Public Economics, 88(7), July 2004, p. 1273-1294 (with Michael Lettau).

Does the Social Security Earnings Test Affect Labor Supply and Benefits Receipt?
National Tax Journal, 56(4), December 2003, 755-773 (with Peter Orszag).

Why Did Employee Health Insurance Contributions Rise?
Journal of Health Economics, 22(6), November 2003, p. 1085-1104 (with Robin McKnight).

Estimating Price Elasticities When There is Smuggling: The Sensitivity of Smoking to Price in Canada

Journal of Health Economics 22(5), September 2003, p. 821-842 (with Anindya Sen and Mark Stabile).

The Retirement Incentive Effects of Canada’s Income Security Programs
Canadian Journal of Economics, 36(2), May 2003, p. 261-290 (with Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan).

Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Incremental Health Insurance Expansion: What is the Right Criterion?
American Economic Review, 93(2), May 2003, p. 271-276.

Smoking’s ‘Internalities’
Regulation, 25(4), Winter 2002-2003, p. 52-57.

Regulating Tobacco in the United States: The Government and the Court Room
World Economics, 3(3), July-September 2002, p. 27-53.

Delays in Claiming Social Security Benefits

Journal of Public Economics,84(3), June 2002, p. 357-386 (with Courtney Coile, Peter Diamond, and Alain Jousten)

The Elasticity of Taxable Income: Evidence and Implications
Journal of Public Economics, 84(1), April 2002, p. 1-33 (with Emmanuel Saez).

Insuring Consumption Against Illness
American Economic Review, 92(1), March 2002, p. 51-70 (with Paul Gertler).

The Economics of Tobacco Regulation
Health Affairs, 21(2), March/April 2002, p. 146-162.

The Impact of the Tax System on Health Insurance Coverage
International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 1(3/4), 2002, p. 293-304.

Is Addiction ‘Rational’? Theory and Evidence

Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(4), November 2001, p. 1261-1303 (with Botond Koszegi).

The Wealth of the Unemployed
Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 55(1), October 2001, p. 79-94.

Public Health Insurance and Medical Treatment: The Equalizing Impact of the Medicaid Expansions
Journal of Public Economics, 82(1), October 2001, p. 63-89 (with Janet Currie).

The Economic Impacts of the Tobacco Settlement
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21(1), 2001, p. 1-19 (with David Cutler, Raymond Hartman, Mary Beth Landrum, Joseph P. Newhouse, and Merideth Rosenthal).

Unemployment Insurance and Precautionary Savings
Journal of Monetary Economics, 47(3), June 2001, p. 545-579 (with Eric Engen).

Tobacco at the Crossroads: The Past and Future of Smoking Regulation in the U.S.
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 15(2), Spring 2001, p. 193-212.

Youth Smoking in the 1990s: Why Did it Rise and What are the Long Run Implications?
American Economic Review, 91(2), May 2001, p. 85-90.

Disability Insurance Benefits and Labor Supply
Journal of Political Economy, 108(6), December 2000, p. 1162-1183.

Microsimulation Estimates of the Effects of Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance
National Tax Journal, 53(3), Part I, September 2000, p. 329-342.

Does Unemployment Insurance Crowd Out Spousal Labor Supply?
Journal of Labor Economics, 18(3), July 2000, p. 546-572 (with Julie Cullen).

Cash Welfare as a Consumption Smoothing Mechanism for Single Mothers
Journal of Public Economics, 75(2), February 2000, p. 157-182.

Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance: Costs and Benefits
Health Affairs, 19(1), January/February 2000, p. 72-85 (with Larry Levitt).

Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World
Research in Labor Economics, 18, 1999, p. 1-40 (with David Wise).

Public Health Insurance and Private Savings
Journal of Political Economy, 107(6), December 1999, p. 1249-1274 (with Aaron Yelowitz).

Physician Fees and Procedure Intensity: The Case of Cesarean Delivery
Journal of Health Economics, 18(4), August 1999, p. 473-490 (with John Kim and Dina Mayzlin).

Abortion Legalization and Child Living Circumstances: Who is the Marginal Child?
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(1), February 1999, p. 263-292 (with Phillip Levine and Doug Staiger).

Unemployment Insurance, Consumption Smoothing, and Private Insurance: Evidence from the PSID and CEX

Research in Employment Policy, 1, 1998, p. 3-32.

Social Security and Retirement: An International Comparison
American Economic Review, 88(2), May 1998, p. 158-163 (with David Wise).

Employment Separation and Health Insurance Coverage
Journal of Public Economics, 66(3), December 1997, p. 349-382(with Brigitte Madrian).

Physician Fee Policy and Medicaid Program Costs
Journal of Human Resources, 32(4), Fall 1997, p. 611-634 (with Kathleen Adams and Joseph Newhouse).

Policy Watch: Medicaid and Uninsured Women and Children
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 11(4), Fall 1997, p. 199-208.

Can Families Smooth Variable Earnings?
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1997(1)1, p. 229-305 (with Susan Dynarski).

The Incidence of Payroll Taxation: Evidence from Chile
Journal of Labor Economics, 15 (3, Part 2), July 1997, p. S72-S101.

Disability Insurance Rejection Rates and the Labor Supply of Older Workers (NBER Working Paper #4941)
Journal of Public Economics, 64, 1997, p. 1-23 (with Jeffrey Kubik).

The Consumption Smoothing Benefits of Unemployment Insurance
American Economic Review, 87(1), March 1997, p. 192-205.

Medicaid and Private Insurance: Evidence and Policy Implications
Health Affairs, 16(1), January/February 1997, p. 194-200 (with David Cutler).

Saving Babies: The Efficacy and Cost of Recent Expansions of Medicaid Eligibility for Pregnant Women
Journal of Political Economy, 104(6), December 1996, p. 1263-1296 (with Janet Currie).

The Impact of Fundamental Tax Reform on Employer-Provided Health Insurance
The Insurance Tax Review, 11(1), July 1996, p. 41-44 (with James Poterba).

Health Insurance Eligibility, Utilization of Medical Care, and Child Health
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111(2), May 1996, p. 431-466 (with Janet Currie)

Does Public Insurance Crowd Out Private Insurance (NBER Working Paper #5082)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 111(2), May 1996, p. 391-430 (with David Cutler).

The Effect of Expanding the Medicaid Program on Public Insurance, Private Insurance, and Redistribution
American Economic Review, 86(2), May 1996, p. 368-373 (with David Cutler).

Physician Financial Incentives and the Diffusion of Cesarean Section Delivery (NBER Working Paper #4933)
RAND Journal of Economics, 27(1), Spring 1996, p. 99-123 (with Maria Owings).

Health Insurance Availability and the Retirement Decision (NBER Working Paper #4469)
American Economic Review, 85(4), September 1995, p. 938-948 (with Brigitte Madrian).

Physician Payments and Infant Mortality: Evidence From Medicaid Fee Policy (NBER Working Paper #4930)
American Economic Review, 85(2), May 1995, p. 106-111 (with Janet Currie and Michael Fischer).

The Labor Market Effects of Introducing National Health Insurance: Evidence from Canada
Journal of Business and Economics Statistics, 13(2), April 1995, p. 163-174 (with Maria Hanratty).

State Mandated Benefits and Employer Provided Insurance
Journal of Public Economics, 55(3), November 1994, p. 433-464.

Limited Insurance Portability and Job Mobility: The Effect of Public Policy on Job-Lock (NBER Working Paper #4479)

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 48(1), October 1994, p. 86-102 (with Brigitte Madrian).

The Elasticity of Demand for Health Insurance: Evidence from the Self-Employed
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 109(3), August 1994, p. 701-734 (with James Poterba).

The Effect of Competitive Pressure on Charity: Hospital Responses to Price Shopping in California

Journal of Health Economics, 13(2), July 1994, p. 183-212.

The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits
American Economic Review, 84(3), June 1994, p. 622-641.

Taxation and the Structure of Labor Markets: The Case of Corporatism (NBER Working Paper #4063)
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108(2), May 1993, p. 385-412 (with Lawrence Summers and Rodrigo Vergara).

Other Publications

"Be Careful What You Wish For: Repeal of the Affordable Care Act Would be Harmful to Society and Costly for Our Country"
issue paper from Center for American Progress.  available at http://www.americanprogress.org/pressroom/releases/2011/01/health_repeal.html

“Why We Need an Individual Mandate,”
issue paper from Center for American Progress
available at  http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/04/individual_mandate.html

Introduction to Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment
in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds., Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Relationship to Youth Employment, forthcoming, University of Chicago Press (also available as NBER Working Paper #14647, January 2009).

Introduction: What Have We Learned About the Problems of and Prospects for Disadvantaged Youth?
in Jonathan Gruber, ed., An Economic Perspective on the Problems of Disadvantaged Youth.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming.

How Elastic is the Corporate Income Tax Base
in Alan Auerbach, James Hines and Joel Slemrod, eds., Taxing Corporate Income in the 21st Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming (with Joshua Rauh) 

Social Security and the Evolution of Elderly Poverty
in Alan Auerbach, David Card and John Quigley, eds., Public Policy and the Income Distribution. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006, p. 259-287 (with Gary Engelhardt)

Tax Policy for Health Insurance, forthcoming in James Poterba, ed.
Tax Policy and the Economy (also available as NBER Working Paper #10977, December 2004) 

"Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Fiscal Implications, Introduction and Summary," forthcoming in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds. The Fiscal Implications of Social Security Reform Around the World (with David Wise).

Fiscal Effects of Social Security Reform in the United States
with Courtney Coile

The Fiscal Implications of Social Security Reform in Canada, forthcoming in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds.
The Fiscal Implications of Social Security Reform Around the World (with Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan) (also available as NBER Working Paper #9455)

Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation - Introduction and Summary, in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds.
Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, Pages 1-40

The Effect of Social Security on Retirement in the United States, in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds.
Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, Pages 691-730 (with Courtney Coile)

Income Security Programs and Retirement in Canada, in Jonathan Gruber and David Wise, eds.
Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Micro Estimation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004, Pages 99-154 (with Michael Baker and Kevin Milligan)

Medicaid, forthcoming in Robert Moffitt, ed.
Means Tested Transfer Programs in the U.S. (also available as NBER Working Paper #7829, August 2000)

Covering the Uninsured: Incremental Policy Options for the U.S.
Huizhong Zhu, ed., The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms

Medicaid
2003, Robert Moffitt, ed., Means Tested Transfer Programs in the U.S. 

Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility: A Critical Review of the Literature, in Catherine McLaughlin, ed.
Health Policy and the Unisured. Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press, Pages 97-178 (with Brigitte Madrian) 

Taxes and Health Insurance, in James Poterba, ed.
Tax Policy and the Economy 16, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002, pages 37-66 

Health Policy in the Clinton Era: Once Bitten, Twice Shy, in Jeffrey Frankel and Peter Orszag, eds.
American Economic Policy During the 1990's. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, Pages 825-874 (with David Cutler) 

An International Perspective on Policies for an Aging Society
Stuart Altman and David Schactman, eds., Policies for An Aging Society: Confronting the Economic and Political Challenges. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press

Different Approaches to Pension Reform from an Economic Point of View
forthcoming in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, eds. Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert.

Social Security Incentives for Retirement
forthcoming in David Wise, ed., Themes in the Economics of Aging (with Courtney Coile) 

Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis, Introduction
2001, Jonathan Gruber, ed., Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 1-28.

Youth Smoking in the U.S.: Evidence and Implications
with Jonathan Zinman
2001, Jonathan Gruber, ed., Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 69-120

Social Security and Retirement Around the World
with David Wise and David Wise
2001, Alan Auerbach and Ronald D Lee, eds., Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 159-190

Health Insurance and the Labor Market
in Joseph Newhouse and Anthony Culyer, eds.,
The Handbook of Health Economics. Amsterdam: North Holland, p. 645-706.

Payroll Taxation, Employer Mandates, and the Labor Market: Theory, Evidence, and Unanswered Questions
2000, Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States William T. Alpert and Stephen A. Woodbury, editors. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute, p. 223-228.

Transitional Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage
October 2000, Task Force on the Future of Health Insurance report series Strategies to Expand Health Insurance for Working Families The Commonwealth Fund

Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance: Evaluating the Costs and Benefits
Report prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation
January 2000, (available at www.kff.org or as NBER Working Paper #7553)

What to do About the Social Security Earnings Test?
with Peter Orszag
1999, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, Issue in Brief #1.

Social Security and Retirement in the U.S.
with Peter Diamond
1999, Social Security and Retirement Around the World, J. Gruber and D. Wise, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 437-474

Social Security and Retirement in Canada,
1999, Social Security and Retirement Around the World, J. Gruber and D. Wise, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 73-100

Social Security and Retirement Around the World: Introduction and Summary,
with David Wise
1999, Social Security and Retirement Around the World, J. Gruber and D. Wise, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1-36

Health Insurance for Poor Women and Children in the U.S.: Lessons from the Past Decade
1997, Tax Policy and the Economy 11, James Poterba, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 169-211.

Fundamental Tax Reform and Employer-Provided Health Insurance
Jonathon Gruber and James Poterba
1996, Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform, Henry J. Aaron and William G. Gale, eds., 125-170

Health Insurance and Early Retirement: Evidence from the Availability of Continuation Coverage
Jonathon Gruber and Brigitte Madrian
1996, Advances in the Economics of Aging, David Wise, ed., 115-143 

Tax Subsidies to Employer-Provided Health Insurance
Jonathon Gruber and James Poterba
1996, Empirical Foundations of Household Taxation, Martin Feldstein and James Poterba, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 135-164 

A Major Risk Approach to Health Insurance Reform
Jonathon Gruber and Martin Feldstein
1995, Tax Policy and the Economy 9, James Poterba, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 103-130 

Unemployment Insurance, Consumption Smoothing, and Private Insurance: Evidence from the PSID and CEX
Jonathon Gruber
1995, Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation: Background Papers, Volume 1. Washington, DC: ACUC. 

Payroll Taxation in the United States: Assessing the Alternatives
Jonathon Gruber
October 1994, Enterprise Economics and Tax Reform Working Papers Volume III, Robert Shapiro, ed. Washington, D.C.: Progressive Foundation

The Incidence of Mandated Employer-Provided Insurance: Lessons from Workers' Compensation Insurance
Jonathon Gruber and Alan Krueger
1991, Policy and the Economy 5, David Bradford, ed. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 111-143

Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis
2001, editor; Chicago: University of Chicago Press 

Review Essays

Review of Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century: Right and Wrong Approaches to Reform,
C. Eugene Stuerle and Jon M. Bakija
March 1995, National Tax Journal

Review of Rationing America's Medical Care: The Oregon Plan and Beyond, ed. by Martin Strosberg, Industrial & Labor Relations Review
July 1993

Discussion of Brigitte Madrian, "The Effect of Health Insurance on Retirement" in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity
1994

Discussion of Arnold Harberger "Tax Lore for Budding Reformers" in R. Dornbusch and S. Edwards, eds, Reform, Recovery, and Growth
1994, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

Insurance or Self-Insurance? Variation, Persistence, and Individual Health Accounts
1998, Discussion of Matthew J. Eichner, Mark B. McClellan, and David A. Wise in Inquiries in the Economics of Aging, David A. Wise, ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 56-59

What is Technological Change?
1998, Discussion of David M. Cutler and Mark B. McClellan in Inquiries in the Economics of Aging, David A. Wise, ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 78-81

Review of Retooling Social Security for the 21st Century: Right and Wrong Approaches to Reform
C. Eugene Stuerle and Jon M. Bakija
March 1995, National Tax Journal, 47(1), 159-163

Tax Lore for Budding Reformers
1994, Discussion of Arnold Harberger in R. Dornbusch and S. Edwards, eds, Reform, Recovery, and Growth, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

The Effect of Health Insurance on Retirement
1994, Discussion of Brigitte Madrian in Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 1, 241-247.

Review of Rationing America's Medical Care: The Oregon Plan and Beyond
July 1993, ed. by Martin Strosberg, Industrial & Labor Relations Review, 46(4), 727-729.

Risky Behavior Among Youth: An Economic Analysis
2001, Chicago: University of Chicago Press 

Social Security and Retirement Around the World
with David Wise
1999, Chicago: University of Chicago Press

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