Note from the editors.

The last few months have seen many changes at the National Tax Journal. After nearly eight years of dedicated service to the NTJ, Therese McGuire has stepped down as editor. Therese will be sorely missed, but will continue providing valuable input to the NTJ as a new member of the Editorial Advisory Board; she has also generously agreed to continue handling most of her current manuscripts. Our new editor is longtime NTA member and current NTA board member Bill Gentry of Williams College. In addition, we are pleased to welcome current NTA Board member John Diamond of Rice University as the first NTJ Forum Editor.

In our editorial office, Maja Butovich is stepping down after six years of outstanding service during which she greatly streamlined and improved the operations of the journal; Maja has also agreed to help out during the transition. She will be replaced by Dorey Zodrow (dorey.zodrow.ntj@rice.edu), who brings 20 years of experience in publishing and public relations to the office. The NTJ editorial office has also been moved from Northwestern to Rice University, where our new email address is ntj@rice.edu.

We are also delighted to report that the National Tax Journal is online! Since the first of the year, all new submissions, referee reports, correspondence, etc. are being handled online at http://editorialexpress.com/ntj. Please note that all new submissions must be made at this website.

Finally, turning to this issue, the NTJ June Forum provides three perspectives on the critical topic of income mobility--the extent to which households change positions in the distribution of annual income over time. Gerald Auten and Geoffrey Gee use panel data of individual income tax returns over the periods 1987-1996 and 1996-2005 to examine the extent of income mobility in the U.S. over these periods. Molly Dahl, Thomas DeLeire and Jonathan Schwabish examine whether the jobs taken by single mothers as a result of the incentives provided by the Earned Income Tax Credit are "dead-end" jobs or jobs that have the potential for earnings growth. John Sabelhaus and Jae Song investigate volatility in earnings across income groups and time using a model in which the permanence of shocks to earnings varies by age and education. We would like to thank Jerry Auten for his assistance in organizing this forum.

William M. Gentry

George R. Zodrow

Editors

John W. Diamond

Forum Editor

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