Walter Y. Oi

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Walter Y. Oi is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Y. Oi has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 7 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 4 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Walter Y. Oi's work include Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (10 papers), Economic theories and models (6 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (4 papers). Walter Y. Oi is often cited by papers focused on Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (10 papers), Economic theories and models (6 papers) and Economic Theory and Institutions (4 papers). Walter Y. Oi collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Walter Y. Oi's co-authors include Todd L. Idson, Christopher A. Pissarides, A. A. Walters, Eugene M. Lerner, Arthur P. Hurter, Allen R. Ferguson, John S. McGee, Leonard A. Rapping, Dale Ballou and Theodore Joyce and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Walter Y. Oi

34 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Labor as a Quasi-Fixed Factor

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Peers

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Scott Schuh United States

Jack E. Triplett United States

Sharon M. Oster United States

Michael C. Burda Germany

Mary O’Mahony United Kingdom

Harris Schlesinger United States

Lucia Foster United States

Timothy Dunne United States

Helmuth Cremer France

Keith J. Crocker United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Y. Oi

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All Works

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Bailey, Martha, Jeremy Atack, Kathryn Freeman Anderson, et al.. (2005). MORE POWER TO THE PILL: THE IMPACT OF CONTRACEPTIVE FREEDOM ON WOMEN’S LIFE CYCLE LABOR SUPPLY* July 2005. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (2004). The Virtue of an All-Volunteer Force. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1999). THE HEARTY AND CHEERY STATE. Contemporary Economic Policy. 17(1). 138–146. 3 indexed citations

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Idson, Todd L. & Walter Y. Oi. (1999). Workers Are More Productive in Large Firms. American Economic Review. 89(2). 104–108. 181 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1998). GARY BECKER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF ECONOMICS. Economic Inquiry. 36(3). 444–446. 2 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1993). ON WORKING: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE WESTERN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION, JULY 11, 1992. Economic Inquiry. 31(1). 1–28. 1 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1992). Work for Americans with Disabilities. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 523(1). 159–174. 13 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1987). HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS: CAVEAT EMPTOR. Economic Inquiry. 25(1). 181–184. 3 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1987). Comment on the relation between unemployment and sectoral shifts. Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy. 27. 403–420. 3 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1986). NEGLECTED WOMEN AND OTHER IMPLICATIONS OF COMPARABLE WORTH. Contemporary Economic Policy. 4(2). 21–32. 4 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1983). HETEROGENEOUS FIRMS AND THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION. Economic Inquiry. 21(2). 147–171. 203 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1981). Slack Capacity: Productive or Wasteful?. American Economic Review. 71(2). 64–69. 14 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1979). Academic Tenure and Mandatory Retirement Under the New Law. Science. 206(4425). 1373–1378. 6 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1976). Residential Location and Labor Supply. Journal of Political Economy. 84(4, Part 2). S221–S238. 22 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1967). The Neoclassical Foundations of Progress Functions. The Economic Journal. 77(307). 579–579. 59 indexed citations

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Walters, A. A., Walter Y. Oi, & Arthur P. Hurter. (1967). Economics of Private Truck Transportation. Econometrica. 35(2). 372–372. 7 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1963). Uncertainty, Instability, Expected Profit: Rejoinder. Econometrica. 31(1/2). 248–248. 5 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Allen R., et al.. (1962). The Economic Value of the United States Merchant Marine. The Western Political Quarterly. 15(3). 548–548. 8 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y., et al.. (1962). Methods for Improving World Transportation Accounts, Applied to 1950-1953.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 57(297). 224–224. 5 indexed citations

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Oi, Walter Y.. (1961). The Desirability of Price Instability Under Perfect Competition. Econometrica. 29(1). 58–58. 401 indexed citations

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