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Robert J. Willis
Researcher at University of Michigan
Publications - 125
Citations - 14802
Robert J. Willis is an academic researcher from University of Michigan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health and Retirement Study & Population. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 125 publications receiving 14068 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert J. Willis include Stony Brook University & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study.
Brenda L. Plassman,Kenneth M. Langa,Gwenith G. Fisher,Steven G. Heeringa,David R. Weir,Mary Beth Ofstedal,James R. Burke,Michael D. Hurd,Guy G. Potter,Willard L. Rodgers,David C. Steffens,Robert J. Willis,Robert B. Wallace +12 more
TL;DR: Dementia prevalence estimates from this first nationally representative population-based study of dementia in the USA to include subjects from all regions of the country can provide essential information for effective planning for the impending healthcare needs of the large and increasing number of individuals at risk for dementia as the population ages.
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A New Approach to the Economic Theory of Fertility Behavior
TL;DR: A static economic theory of lifetime marital fertility is presented in this paper, where fertility is defined as a function of the resources parents devote to each child and for the wifes lifetime market earnings capacity and labor supply.
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Education and Self-Selection
Robert J. Willis,Sherwin Rosen +1 more
TL;DR: A structural model of the demand for college attendance is derived from the theory of comparative advantage and recent statistical models of self-selection and unobserved components, which strongly support the theory as discussed by the authors.
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Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States.
Brenda L. Plassman,Kenneth M. Langa,Gwenith G. Fisher,Steven G. Heeringa,David R. Weir,Mary Beth Ofstedal,James R. Burke,Michael D. Hurd,Guy G. Potter,Willard L. Rodgers,David C. Steffens,John J. McArdle,Robert J. Willis,Robert B. Wallace +13 more
TL;DR: Prevalence rates from what is believed to be the first population-based study of cognitive impairment without dementia to include individuals from all regions of the country are reported, as well as rates of progression from cognitive impairmentWithout dementia to dementia and death.