For almost thirty years, Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) has provided academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research of current economic issues. Contents include: Articles Valuing the Effect of Regulation on New Services in Telecommunications by Jerry A. Hausman The Changing Face of Job Loss in the United States, 1981-1995 by Henry S. Farber Health Care Productivity by Martin Neil Baily and Alan M. Garber Measuring the Health of the U. S. Population by David M. Cutler and Elizabeth Richardson Antitrust Issues in the Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Nine No-Nos Meet the Nineties by Richard Gilbert and Carl Shapiro